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REPORT

25th Session of the International Poplar Commission and 48th Session of its Executive Committee

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INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION

(IPC)

Report of the 25th Session of the Commission

and of the 48th Session of its Executive Committee


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I. REPORT OF THE 48TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE

INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION ................................................................................................. 1

I.1 ORGANIZATION ........................................................................................................................................ 1 I.2 THE SESSION .............................................................................................................................................. 1 I.3 INFORMAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ................................................................. 6

PART II. REPORT OF THE 25TH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION .... 7

II.1 ORGANIZATION ....................................................................................................................................... 7 II.2 SYNTHESIS OF COUNTRY PROGRESS REPORTS ............................................................................... 7 II.3 25TH SESSION THEME: POPLARS AND OTHER FAST-GROWING TREES – RENEWABLE

RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GREEN ECONOMIES ...................................................................................... 7 II.4 OPENING OF THE SESSION..................................................................................................................... 8

Keynote addresses at the First Plenary Session (13 September) ................................................................... 9 Keynote addresses at the Second Plenary Session (13 September) ............................................................... 9 Keynote addresses at the Third Plenary Session (13 September) ................................................................ 10 Keynote addresses at the Fourth Plenary Session (16 September) ............................................................. 10 Concurrent sessions (14–15 September 2016) ............................................................................................ 10

II.5 BUSINESS REPORTS .............................................................................................................................. 10 Working party on Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Registration ................................................................... 10 Working party on Domestication and Conservation of Genetic Resources ................................................. 11 Working party on Plant Health, Resilience to Threats and Climate Change .............................................. 12 Working party on Sustainable Livelihoods, Land-use, Products and Bioenergy ........................................ 12 Working party on Environmental and Ecosystem Services ......................................................................... 13 Working party on Policy, Communication and Outreach ........................................................................... 13

II.6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION ............................................ 14 Conclusions ................................................................................................................................................. 14 Recommendations ........................................................................................................................................ 14

II.7 STUDY TOURS ........................................................................................................................................ 15 II.8 MAJOR INITIATIVES .............................................................................................................................. 16

Reform of the International Poplar Commission ......................................................................................... 16 Election of the Executive Committee 2012–2016 ........................................................................................ 16 Poplars and willows: an international photo gallery .................................................................................. 17 Date and place of next Session .................................................................................................................... 17

II.9 OTHER MATTERS ................................................................................................................................... 17 IUFRO 7th International Poplar Symposium .............................................................................................. 17 Best poster award ........................................................................................................................................ 17 Evaluation of the Session ............................................................................................................................. 18

II.10 CLOSING OF THE SESSION ................................................................................................................. 18 ANNEX I (A) - AGENDA OF THE 48TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ............................................... 19 ANNEX I (B) - AGENDA OF THE 25TH SESSION OF THE IPC ............................................................................... 21 ANNEX II (A) – PROGRAMME SUMMARY ........................................................................................................ 23 ANNEX II (B) – DETAILED PROGRAMME ......................................................................................................... 27 ANNEX III - LIST OF PARTICIPANTS ................................................................................................................ 49 ANNEX IV - ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED .............................................................................................................. 69 ANNEX V - NATIONAL REPORTS ..................................................................................................................... 83 ANNEX VI – DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE IPC CONVENTION ....................................................................... 85 ANNEX VII - EVALUATION RESULTS .............................................................................................................. 91

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PART I. REPORT OF THE 48TH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION

I.1 ORGANIZATION

1. The 48th Session of the Executive Committee of the International Poplar Commission (IPC)

was jointly hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and FAO in Berlin,

Germany, on 12 September 2016. Mr. Martin Weih, Chairperson of the Executive Committee, chaired

the Session. The closed session was attended by 23 persons, including 10 of 12 elected members of the

Executive Committee; the four co-opted members; eight Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons or technical

secretaries of the six Working Parties, the Secretary of the Commission and two observers from

Turkey.

I.2 THE SESSION

2. The Session was opened by Mr. Martin Weih, Chairperson of the Executive Committee, who

acknowledged and thanked the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and FAO as hosts;

the IPC Secretariat for Session technical support and assistance to developing country participants;

welcomed the two Turkish observers and highlighted the IPC reform process. The provisional agenda

was adopted (see Annex I(a)).

3. Formal apologies were acknowledged from Mr. Esteban Borodowski and Mr. V. K. Bahuguna

(retired), Executive Committee members; Ms. Teresa Cerillo, technical Secretary, Working Party on

Poplar and willows genetics, conservation and improvement; Ms. Sylvie Augustin and Mr. John

Charles (Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson respectively of the Working Party on Poplar and willow

insects and other animal pests) as well as Mr. Theo Verwijst and Mr. Timothy Volk (Chairperson and

technical Secretary respectively of the Working Party on Poplar and willow production systems).

4. Mr. Martin Weih stressed the importance of the Session in light of the proposed reforms to the

IPC to revitalize and expand the memberhip, geographic and technical scope and relevance to member

countries by revisiting the Working Parties, National Poplar Commissions and the Secretariat. The

recommendations of the Executive Committee to the 25th Session of the IPC and to the FAO

Committee on Forestry (COFO) will be of critical importance.

5. Mr. Walter Kollert, Secretary IPC, introduced the hosting and logistical arrangements for the

25th Session including the joint hosts, the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)

and FAO, together with the Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) and the Adlershof Science at

Work Event Management team (WISTA). The theme of the 25th Session “Poplar and other fast-

growing trees – renewable resources for future green economies” reflected the new IPC scope and

highlighted the range of other fast-growing species and their potential production, protection,

conservation, restoration, recreation and amenity roles. The 25th Session had 244 registered

participants from 40 countries, including 28 member countries. The Book of abstracts contained 203

paper abstracts, including 16 plenary papers and 187 papers for concurrent sessions. Key documents

for the 25th Session available on the IPC website included the Country progress reports1; Book of

abstracts2 (222 pages); Synthesis of country progress reports3 (117 pages); and Publications listed in

country progress reports4 (196 pages). The 25th Session report will be available on the IPC 25th Session

website5 by the end of October, 2016. There were three pre-Session study tours6, each with about 35

1 Country progress reports: http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/91148/en/ 2 Book of abstracts: http://www.fao.org/forestry/45092-0fcd1e7430938785c3e2c0a0a03329a88.pdf 3 Synthesis of country progress reports: http://www.fao.org/forestry/45094-08e1e5bf441bc41bb139e66da0915f2c.pdf 4 Publications listed in country progress reports:

http://www.fao.org/forestry/45093-07f2bbc0a28ee0e53499c75b5b56e56e.pdf 5 Formal IPC 25th Session report: http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/en/

http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/91148/en/

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http://www.fao.org/forestry/45094-08e1e5bf441bc41bb139e66da0915f2c.pdf

http://www.fao.org/forestry/45093-07f2bbc0a28ee0e53499c75b5b56e56e.pdf

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participants and two post-Session study tours7, each with about 30 participants. An overview of the

25th Session and daily programmes8 was given. The procedures for nomination of country

representatives and voting arrangements for both the new Executive Committee members and IPC

reforms were reiterated and the need for all IPC member countries to vote to achieve the two-third

majority of membership to accept the reforms, was stressed.

6. Ms. Julia Kuzovkina, Chairperson, Sub-committee on Nomenclature and Registration

(http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69637/en/) reported their programme of action progress (2012–2015).

The international register for poplar cultivars was revised in 2012 to include 16 new cultivars based

upon formal registration and maintained and updated regularly. A survey of the IPC national country

reports and the IUFRO International Poplar Symposia references resulted in 200 new clones which

were added to the register. The international register for Populus cultivars (poplars, cottonwoods and

aspens) on the IPC website was updated and standardization of clonal names in accordance with

international rules was maintained. The Sub-committee was appointed by the International Society of

Horticultural Science (ISHS) as the International Cultivar Registration Authority (ICRA) for the

registration for Salix cultivars. The register for Salix was being established. The Sub-committee

prepared two annual reports as the ICRA for Populus and Salix to the ISHS. The registration

procedures for both Populus and Salix were revised, updated and uploaded to the new Sub-committee

Portal on the IPC website. Databases and checklists for both genera are also available on the portal.

Information materials were prepared for breeders to understand the registration system, procedures

and documentation for a new cultivar of Populus and Salix. For the next two years are to: (i) advice

tree breeders on the importance of registering Populus and Salix cultivars; (ii) raise the tree breeder

awareness of the registration system and processes; and (iii) create an effective network within the tree

breeding community. Discussions focused on (i) maintaining the IPC register, particularly in light of

the potential broadening of the scope of the IPC; (ii) registration based upon phenotypes and instrinsic

properties; (iii) practicality of using molecular fingerprinting and identity; and (iv) regular updating of

the Sub-committee portal on the IPC website. The Sub-committee was revised to become the Working

Party on Taxonomy, nomenclature and registration.

7. Mr. Sasa Orlovic, Vice-Chairperson, Working Party on Poplar and Willow Genetics,

Conservation and Improvement (http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69634/en/), reported the programme

of action progress (2012–2015). A 2012 survey on poplar and willow breeding programmes and pollen

collections was undertaken and a database on poplar and willows clone collections and gene banks

was updated and prepared for uploading to the IPC website. A guideline to apply standard designs for

poplar and willow breeding programmes was under preparation. Members of the Working Party co-

hosted the “Environmental uses of poplar and willow” meeting in Gisborne, New Zealand, in March

2014, with international and local attendees. The Argentinian NPC hosted the Fourth international

congress of salicaceae in Argentina - "Willows and poplars for regional development", at La Plata,

Argentina, March 2014. Presentations and field trips covered aspects of poplar and willow breeding,

among other issues. Ms Teresa Cerrillo was on the organizing committee. The Forestry congress of

Argentina and Latin American was held in Iguazú (Misiones), Argentina in October 2013 with papers

presented on poplar and willow breeding. The 6th INTA Meeting of forest genetics and breeding was

held from 7 to 10 April 2014 in Campana (Buenos Aires), Argentina at which different working

groups presented papers about the main plantation forests in Argentina (including Populus and Salix)

and native species. There was evidence that since the global economic crisis reduced government and

private sector funding of breeding programmes had generally continued. Discussions focused on: (i)

maintenance of the database on the IPC website; (ii) availability of additional data on breeding of

poplars and willows in Europe and national country reports; (iii) greater collaboration between the

productive and conservation breeding programmes; (iv) tree breeders advising politicans and decision-

makers of the consequences of reduced tree breeding budgets; (v) continued focus on research for the

bio-economy or green economy (including poplars and willows); (vi) balanced tree breeding

6 Three pre-Session study tours: http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/91130/en/ 7 Two Post-Session study tours: http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/91131/en/ 8 Overview and daily programmes: http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/91128/en/

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programmes on advanced biotechnology (genomics) and traditional tree breeding and tree

improvement because of the lack of genomic outcomes in the field; (vii) balanced tree breeding

programmes between the traits for production and productivity and risk and vulnerability (wider

benefit anlysis). The revised Working Party will be Domestication and conservation of genetic

resources.

8. Mr. Mauritz Ramstedt, Chairperson of the Working Party on Poplar and Willow Diseases

(http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69632/en/), reported the programme of action progress (2012–2015).

A drive to increase Working Party membership with active researchers and update of the poplar and

willow specialists was undertaken. A questionnaire was sent to all relevant research institutions on

poplar selection and breeding programmes for resistence in Europe and a report was prepared. The

survey is to be extended to willows and to non-European countries. The action plan for improving

selection and breeding for resistance to diseases to match the on-ground realities in developing

countries was initiated. The action plan will have interdisciplinary interfaces with genetics,

conservation and improvement, production system and environment applications. The planned

Working Party meeting to coincide with the 6th International Poplar Symposium, Vancouver,

July 2014 was postponed until the IPC 25th Session, Berlin, 2016. Due to the small membership, it had

been a challenge to document and upload results and databases to the IPC website. A proposed

newsletter on poplar and willow diseases was abandoned because an excellent quarterly poplar and

willow newsletter provided an excellent alternative outreach to poplar and willow specialists. Links

with the IUFRO Division 7 on Forest Health had been established. Discussions centred on: (i) heavy

commitments of scientists and managers volunteering their services to the IPC Working Parties;

(ii) forest health was wider and more integrated than disease resisteance breeding and should include

risk maps, geography and response actions; (iii) merging with the Working Party on Poplar and

Willow Insects and Other Animal Pests; (iv) need to review strategies and selection programmes to

climate change adaptation of diesases and insects; (v) potential risks associated with mono-clonal

plantations; and (vi) Availability of valuable reference materials in National Country Reports. The

Working Parties on Poplar and Willow Diseases and the Poplar and Willow Insects and Other Pests

were merged into a revised Working Party on Plant health, resilience to threats and climate change.

9. Mr. Walter Kollert, on behalf of Ms. Sylvie Augustin, Chairperson, Working Party on Poplar

and Willow Insects and Other Animal Pests (http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69633/en/), reported the

programme of action progress (2012–2015). The Working Party completed the Chapter 9, “Insects and

Other Pests of Poplars and Willows” in the book, “Poplars and Willows: Trees for Society and the

Environment” (http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69946@158687/en/). The chapter documented case

studies from different countries, including different insect and invasive species text, taxonomy, photos,

global distribution, description, damage, biology, life cycle, control and quarantine issues. The heavy

work load of too few entomologists prevented participation at the 47th Executive Committee meeting

that coincided with the 6th International Poplar Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, July 2014. Summed

up “Too many insect problems, too few entomologists and too little funding”. Discussions focused on

the merger with the Working Party on Poplar and Willow Diseases that may revitalize pathologists

and entomologists to work together in the wider forest health scope and resilience to biotic and abiotic

threats, including climate change. As above, the Working Parties on Poplar and Willow Diseases and

the Poplar and Willow Insects and Other Pests were merged into a revised Working Party on Plant

health, resilience to threats and climate change.

10. Mr. Joris Van Acker, Chairperson, Working Party on Harvesting and Utilization of Poplar and

Willow Wood (http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc/69631/en/) reported the programme of action progress

(2012–2015). Networking with harvesting and wood processing experts through the European poplar

association “Pro-Populus” initiative since 2008 had stimulated interactions with producers,

researchers, academics, users and wood industries specialists in wood products and bio-energy

production in Europe. Following the first International Conference on Wood engineered products

based ppon poplar and willow, Nanjing, China, October, 2008, a second international conference was

held by the Working Party in association with Pro-Populus on 9 and10 September, in León, Spain and

a pre-conference tour held to the Garnica Plywood operations at Valencia de Don Juan, Spain on



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8 September. Mr. Pedro Garnica, who co-hosted the conference, is the President of Pro-Populus.

Thirty-five researchers and company representatives participated in sessions and 20 presentations were

made and discussed. Proceedings were printed for the conference and uploaded to the IPC website.

The database on harvesting, utilization and products specialists, products, publications and key

contacts were uploaded to the Working Party portal. Support had been provided to selected young

scientists undertaking new research within their Masters or PhD studies on harvesting and forest

products for international exchange. The urgency and interest in biomass production for bioenergy

from poplars and willows had reduced and the commitment of European countries to short-rotation

coppice plantations had not accelerated as anticipated. A focus of the Working Party was to transfer

knowledge and technology about the diversity of uses of poplars and willows from a fast-growing,

environmental friendly and renewable raw material. Although improving, there remained some anti-

sentiments about poplar and willow plantations in some European countries, so improving

communications on positive aspects of poplar and willow culture and utilizations was important.

Priorities in the future are to improve networking, development of a state of the art database, compile

country-based information, organize workshops and conferences and merge the Working Party with

the Poplar and Willow Production Systems in line with the new focus and scope. Discussions

highlighted the need to encourage more researchers, academics and producers to participate in more

harvesting, utilization and forest products events and ideas to improve links with young scientists and

student travel to events to facilitate transfer of knowledge. The Working Parties on Harvesting and

Utilization of Poplar and Willow Wood; and the Poplar and Willow Production Systems were merged

into a revised Working Party on Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products and bio-energy.

11. Mr. Walter Kollert, Secretary, IPC advised that no report had been received from the Working

Party on Poplar and Willow Production Systems for the 2012–2015 period. Discussion focused on

revitalization within the wider and more relevant scope from the merger of the Working Parties on

Harvesting and Utilization of Poplar and Willow Wood; and the Poplar and Willow Production

Systems into a revised Working Party on Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products and bio-energy.

12. Ms. Sharon Doty, Chairperson, Working Party on Environmental Applications of Poplars and

Willows (http://www.fao.org/forestry/26214/en/), reported the programme of action progress (2012–

2015). The Working Party hosted a 2-day technical meeting of 32 participants on erosion control, the

role of poplars and willows in restoring degraded lands, Gisborne, New Zealand, March 2014 and an

associated 1-day study tour in collaboration with other Working Parties. A satellite meeting of

15 participants was held during the 6th International Poplar Symposium, July 2014 where a briefing of

the New Zealand meeting was given. A proposed meeting in Serbia was cancelled due to a lack of

numbers and a satellite meeting associated with the 25th Session, September 2016 did not work out

because of pre- and post-Session study tours. The Working Party regularly used the IPC Newsletter to

disseminate new results, publications and items of interest. Some issues were experienced in

uploading documents to the IPC website. Linkages were made with the NGO Women Organizing for

Change in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management (WOCAN), particularly relating to the

applications of poplars and willows for biomass for energy and agroforestry systems. The web portal

on the IPC website was updated for projects, activities, lists of institutions, experts, case studies,

publication references, links and contacts. The information notes on selected key topics had not been

achieved as planned. Some ideas for the next two years included election of new officers, increased

membership, updating and upgrading the Working Party portal on the IPC website, establish links with

the Phyto-technologies society, and increased use of the IPC newsletter as an outreach. Discussions

centred on challenges on information dissemination; the need to link with other international events;

maximizing the use of the IPC newsletter and the need to share responsibilities of Working Parties.

The revised Working Party will become Environmental and ecosystem services.

13. Mr. Martin Weih, chairperson and Mr. Walter Kollert, IPC Secretary outlined the potential

role of the new Working Party on Policy, communication and outreach that had cross-cutting links

with all other Working Parties (currently no web portal). Discussions centred on communication

within and between Working Parties and better informing National Poplar Commissions and key IPC

stakeholders of issues and outputs.

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14. Mr. Martin Weih, Chairperson, acknowledged the dedication of current Working Party

officers but also stressed the need to review the relevance and effectiveness of each Working Party

with respect to prevailing problems, issues, solutions and environmental and developmental themes.

The new Working Party themes were not dependent on the IPC reform vote, so from the 25th Session,

the new business meetings will define the new themes, scope, office bearers and programmes of

action. There was a call for greater integration within and between Working Parties; greater guidance

and support to Working Parties from the Secretariat between Sessions; revised Working Party web

portals to reflect the new themes and scope and greater use of the IPC web portals for each Working

Party; greater use of the country progress reports to share research, policy, planning and practices

information and experiences between member countries; increased networking to address diverse

communities of interest and diverse issues; reviewed strategy, to repackage and rearrange the IPC,

Working Parties and National Poplar Commissions for greater relevance, visibility and

communication between and within member countries; and improved IPC marketing to funding

agencies, donors and international programmes (particularlty the Green Economy and Green Climate

Funds, amongst others).

15. Mr. Walter Kollert, IPC Secretary provided background to the IPC reform process and a

progress report. As a convention between governments the process is complex and time consuming.

The proposal for reform was recommended by COFO 2012; proposals were presented to the

46th Executive Committee Meeting and the IPC 24th Session at Dehradun, India, 2012; reform

recommendations were supported at COFO 2014; the reform recommendations were further

elaborated and the scope and new Working Parties defined at the 47th Executive Committee Meeting,

Vancouver, July 2014; the revised reforms were examined by the 100th Session of the Committee on

Constitutional and Legal Matters (CCLM), Rome, Italy 2015; reform proposals were supported by

COFO 2016 that reported in item 46: “The Committee encouraged the IPC Executive Committee to

continue their reform process, ensuring that there were neither new obligations on contracting parties

nor additional costs to the FAO Regular Programme, and to seek the approval for the proposed

amendments relating to the reform of the IPC from the delegates of the 25th IPC Session, to be held in

Berlin in September 2016”; formal reform approval will require a two-third majority of the IPC

membership (38 member countries) at the IPC 25th Session, Berlin, Germany, September 2016. Should

the reforms be approved at the IPC 25th Session, the amended IPC-Convention will be presented to the

104th Session of the Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters, Rome, March 2017 and to the

FAO Conference, June 2017. If the two-third majority is not achieved at the IPC 25th Session, another

vote could be arranged at an IPC associated event to coincide with COFO 2018 where all IPC member

countries were likely to be present. Draft amendments to the IPC-Convention were introduced,

including: (i) original FAO amendments prepared by Mr. Mohamed Ali Mekouar, FAO Consultant;

(ii) France amendments introduced by Ms. Catherine Bastien, to better define the scope; and (iii)

United States of America amendments introduced by Mr. Emile Gardiner, to clarify legal language.

Following extensive discussions, a single, melded version of the Draft Amendments to the IPC-

Convention were agreed upon incorporating, as much as practicable, the key points of the three drafts

from FAO, France and United States of America which were not mutually exclusive. The accepted

Draft Amendments to the IPC-Convention can be viewed in Annex VI. Working Party changes agreed

at the 47th Executive Committee Meeting in Vancouver do not entail a modification of the Convention

text and are not dependent upon the IPC reform process. The new Working Party themes and scope

agreed were:

1. Taxonomy, nomenclature and registration

2. Domestication and conservation of genetic resources

3. Plant health, resilience to threats and climate change

4. Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products and bio-energy

5. Environmental and ecosystem services

6. Policy, communication and outreach

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16. Mr. Walter Kollert, IPC Secretary presented a synthesis of the events and other matters since

the 24th Session in 2012. These included: (i) International workshop testing European clones for bio-

energy uses, Germany, October 2013; (ii) International workshop on erosion control, the role of

poplars and willows in restoring degraded lands, Gisborne, New Zealand, March 2014; (iii) Fourth

international congress on salicaceae: willows and poplars for regional development, Buenos Aires,

Argentina, March 2014; (iv) Side Event at COFO 2014, IPC reforms and launch of the IPC flagship

book: Poplars and Willows – Trees for society and the environment, Rome, Italy, June 2014; (v) the

European poplar association (ProPopulus), 6th General Assembly and 4th European poplar congress,

Ghent, Belgium, June 2014; (vi) 47th IPC Executive Committee meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July

2014; (vii) 6th International Poplar Symposium: domestication of Populus and Salix: how far have we

come, and how far do we still have to go?, Vancouver, Canada, July 2014; (vii) the European poplar

association (ProPopulus), 7th General Assembly, May 2015; (ix) 2nd International conference on

engineered wood products based on poplar/willow, León, Spain, September 2016; and (x) 11th

Biennial conference on short-rotation woody crop science and technology in an uncertain global

marketplace, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA, October 2016.

17. Mr. Walter Kollert, IPC Secretary, outlined arrangements for the 25th Session, including the

opening and closing plenaries, concurrent Sessions, study tours and social events. Reference was made

to the IPC9 and FNR10 websites and the production of publications, including the Book of abstracts,

Synthesis of country reports and References detailed in country progress reports. The Programmes and

publications were available on USB pins for all participants and available on the IPC website. It was

stressed that Secretariat staff were available to assist throughout the 25th Session and Interpretation

Services were available for the opening and closing Plenaries only.

18. Mr. Martin Weih outlined the process for Executive Committee nominations, notification of

heads of mission and the Executive Committee election process. He proposed that a suitable date for

the next Executive Committee meeting be held immediately prior to, or after, the IUFRO 7th Session

of the International Poplar Symposium, Buenos Aires Argentina, September-October 2018 or to

coincide with COFO 2018, FAO, Rome, Italy, mid 2018 (date to be confirmed). No formal

submissions to host the 26th Session had been received to date but these would need to be submitted

prior to the next Executive Committee meeting in 2018.

I.3 INFORMAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

19. The newly-elected members of the Executive Committee for 2016–2020 met informally on

16 September 2016 to introduce elected members and to discuss general business. Mr Walter Kollert,

IPC Secretary, congratulated members and welcomed new members to the Executive Committee,

including: Joris Van Acker (Belgium); Francisco Zamudio (Chile); Mirko Liesebach (Germany);

Dinesh Kumar (India); Giuseppe Nervo (Italy); and Ian McIvor (New Zealand). Re-elected Executive

Committee members included Esteban Borodowski (Argentina); Barbara Thomas (Canada); Catherine

Bastien (France); Georg von Wühlish (Germany); Martin Weih (Sweden); and Emile S. Gardiner

(USA). Mr. Walter Kollert informed those present of the responsibilities, reporting and meetings

cycles of the Executive Committee. Mr Martin Weih was re-elected as the IPC Chairperson and

Ms Barbara Thomas was elected as the IPC Vice-Chairperson. It was proposed that the 49th Executive

Committee meeting will be held at the FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy to coincide with COFO 2018

(date to be confirmed in December 2016). Mr. Meng Zhu Lu, China; and Mr. Stefano Bisoffi, Italy

were co-opted into the IPC-Executive Committee, subject to their confirming acceptance of their

nomination. Because of time constraints (commencement of study tours), nomination of other co-

opted members was postponed, so will be done by electronic media.

9 IPC 2016 website: http://www.fao.org/forestry/ipc2016/en/ 10 FNR website IPC 2016: https://ipc25berlin2016.com/

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PART II. REPORT OF THE 25th SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION

II.1 ORGANIZATION

1. The 25th Session of the International Poplar Commission (IPC) was jointly hosted by the

German Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, and FAO, together with the Agency for Renewable

Resources (FNR) and the Adlershof Science at Work Event Management team (WISTA), and was

held in Berlin, Germany, from 13 to 16 September 2016.

2. The 25th Session had 202 participants from 40 countries, including 192 participants (67 from

Germany) from 28 member countries of the Commission: Argentina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada,

Chile, the Peoples’ Republic of China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany,

Hungary, India, Islamic Republic of Iran, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, New

Zealand, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States

of America. Observers attended from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,

Lithuania, Moldova, the Philippines, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, and Ukraine. The list of

participants is detailed in Annex III.

II.2 SYNTHESIS OF COUNTRY PROGRESS REPORTS

3. Country progress reports for the period 2012 through 2015 were received from the National

Poplar Commissions of 21 IPC member countries and three non-member countries (Moldova, the

Russian Federation and Serbia). Additionally, 19 IPC member countries and two non-member

countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova) completed the questionnaire (see Annex V). The

contents of the national reports were synthesized into two IPC Working Papers:

1) IPC/15 – “Synthesis of country progress reports, activities related to poplar and willow

cultivation and utilization, 2012 through 2015, prepared for the 25th Session, International

Poplar Commission, 201611”.

2) IPC/16 – “Publications listed in country progress reports prepared for the 25th Session,

International Poplar Commission, 201612”

4. These Working Papers were available on the Internet prior to the 25th Session and distributed

to all participants in electronic copies. Additionally, the Synthesis was presented as a keynote address

by Mr. James Carle, FAO Consultant to the plenary session – “Trends and perspectives in poplar and

willow cultivation – a global synthesis of country progress reports”, September 2016”.

II.3 25th SESSION THEME: POPLARS AND OTHER FAST-GROWING TREES – RENEWABLE RESOURCES FOR FUTURE GREEN ECONOMIES

5. The theme of the 25th Session was “Poplars and other fast-growing trees – renewable

resources for future green economies”. There were 203 papers submitted for the 25th Session, of

which, Germany (48 papers), India (24), Argentina (19), the Islamic Republic of Iran (15), the United

States of America (13), Italy (13), Sweden (10) and the remaining 61 papers were from 27 countries.

There were 16 papers chosen for plenary presentations and the distribution of the remaining 187

papers by principal Working Party was: Taxonomy, nomenclature and registration (4); Domestication

11 Synthesis of Country Progress Reports: http://www.fao.org/forestry/45094-08e1e5bf441bc41bb139e66da0915f2c.pdf 12 Publications Listed in Country Progress Reports: http://www.fao.org/forestry/45093-

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and conservation of genetic resources (53); Plant health and resilience to threats and climate change

(33); Sustainable livelihood, land-use, products and bioenergy (72); Environmental and ecosystem

services (25); Policy, communication and outreach (0). Countries with economies in transition and

developing countries accounted for 47% of the papers and industrialized countries of Europe and

North America, 53%.

6. The abstracts of papers submitted to the IPC 25th Session were published in the Working

Paper IPC/14 - “Abstracts of submitted papers and posters”13 that was made available on the IPC

website prior to the Session and distributed in electronic copy to all participants on registration.

7. The sessions at a glance can be viewed in Annex II (a). The detailed programme can be

referenced in Annex II (b) and the authors and titles of papers presented are in Annex IV.

II.4 OPENING OF THE SESSION

8. Mr. Peter Bleser, Parliamentary State Secretary, Member of the German Parliament, Federal

Ministry of Food and Agriculture, welcomed participants, thanked the host organizations and opened

the 25th Session as the host Government and highlighted the resonance and strong interest with the IPC

objectives and 25th Session theme. The IPC 5th Session was hosted in Germany in 1953 when priority

was in restoration of degraded landscapes post-World War II (WWII). Now, more wood is grown in

Germany than is used. German Policies and Forests 2020 Strategy are to further expand the forest

contribution to the bio-economy by planting a wider diversity of tree species including fast-growing

trees to restore vulnerable landscapes, improve environmental protection, support peoples’ livelihoods,

mitigate the effects of climate change and provide recreational resources. Poplars, willows and other

fast-growing trees can help achieve these objectives, not only in Germany, but in other countries in

Europe and around the world.

9. Ms. Eva Müller, Director, Forest Policy and Resources Division, FAO, Rome, Italy thanked

the host Government for the excellent arrangements and welcomed the wide range of producers,

researchers, industries, users and academics present. Poplar and willow resources now exceeded

100 million ha (larger than Belgium, France and Italy) that restored landscapes and provided

livelihoods for large scale investors, smallholders and village-based industries. The theme of the

25th Session was to highlight the contribution of poplars and other fast-growing tree species for

sustainable development (i.e. livelihoods and landscapes). Since the IPC was established in 1947, the

reform of the scope of the IPC was to address the wider socio-economic and environmental contexts

and to attract more members and donors. Evolution was inevitable and delay was not an option if the

IPC was to be relevant as a vehicle for implementation of the Paris Agreement and other international

commitments. FAO look to the IPC 25th Session to provide relevant and achievable recommendations

to COFO 2018 and to other sustainable forestry programmes.

10. Mr. Martin Weih, Chairperson of the IPC, Sweden, Swedish University of Agricultural

Sciences, Uppsala, welcomed participants and reaffirmed that the IPC was formed in 1947 with focus

on restoration of livelihoods and landscapes in the aftermath of WWII. The social, environmental and

economic contexts were now very different and reform of the IPC was necessary to adapt to the new

realities. The transfer of new scientific knowledge and technology to producers, industries, users,

policy makers, managers and the public remained the driving forces for the IPC today. Since its

foundation in European countries the IPC had spread to benefit a wider range of countries in the Near

East, North America, North Africa, Asia, South America and Oceania. The IPC was one of the oldest

FAO technical statutory bodies and the only convention on forestry. Poplars and willows continued to

play a critical role in wood and fibre production and the provision of environmental and ecosystem

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services including restoration of degraded lands, phytoremediation, carbon sequestration etc. The

theme of the 25th Session reflected the reform of the IPC in expanding beyond poplars and willows to

include other fast-growing species that broadened the scope and opportunities for growth in supporting

sustainable livelihoods and landscapes in more green and environmental based economies.

11. Mr. Martin Weih, IPC Chairperson, proposed to add an item to the provisional agenda entitled

“Adoption of the proposed amendments to the IPC-convention”. The amended Agenda was adopted.

(see Annex I (b)).

12. Mr. Martin Weih facilitated the election of officers for the 25th Session. Mr. Georg von

Wühlisch (Germany) was elected as Chairperson and Ms. Albena Bobeva (Bulgaria) and Mr. Dinesh

Kumar (India) were elected as Vice-Chairs.

13. Mr. Martin Weih announced the Czech Republic as a new IPC member country. Mr. Jan

Weger, Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening, Pruhonice, Czech

Republic presented the evolution in the use of poplar and willow for landscape restoration since the

Napoleonic wars, through the Soviet plantation models of the 1950’s to emergence of the new short-

rotation coppice for biomass production for bioenergy or the bio-economy. A National Poplar

Commission and a Secretariat had been established and support of the culture of poplars, willows and

other fast-growing trees was initiated in close collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment, the

Ministry of Agriculture and Forests and the IPC Secretariat, FAO.

Keynote Addresses at the First Plenary Session (13 September)

14. The following keynote addresses were delivered in the first plenary session in support of the

theme:

a) Mr. Matthias Dieter (Germany) – Poplars and other fast-growing trees – renewable resources

for future green economies;

b) Mr. Walter Kollert (IPC Secretariat, FAO, Italy) – The reform of the International Poplar

Commission (IPC) in light of modern forest policy requirements;

c) Mr. Matthias Fladung (Germany) – Plant remodelling in trees – breeding perspectives in

poplar; and

d) Ms. Teresa Cerrillo (Argentina) – Advances in a willow (Salix spp.) breeding programme in

Argentina for different wood applications.

Keynote Addresses at the Second Plenary Session (13 September)

15. The following keynote addresses were delivered in the second plenary session in support of

the theme:

a) Mr. Martin Weih (Sweden) – Sweden’s quest for renewable resources – an opportunity for

growing poplars and willows?

b) Mr. Reinhart Ceulemans (Belgium) – Bio-energy from poplar biomass under short rotations:

full greenhouse gas balance, energy balance and environmental life cycle analysis;

c) Mr. Jan Grundmann (Germany) – Short-rotation coppice (SRC) as a fuel hedge; and

d) Mr. Ramesh C. Dhiman (India) – The role of the private sector in promoting the culturing of

poplar and other fast growing tree species in India.

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Keynote Addresses at the Third Plenary Session (13 September)

16. The following keynote addresses were delivered in the third plenary session in support of the

theme:

e) Mr. Pedro Garnica (Spain) and Mr. Bernard Mourlan (France) – Introduction of the European

poplar association (ProPopulus);

f) Ms. Sharon L. Doty (USA) – Importance of the plant microbiome for growth, health and

stress tolerance;

g) Ms. Erika Pierattini (Italy) – Pharmaceuticals and personal care products: Populus alba

phenotyping and uptake; and

h) Mr. Jitze Kopinga (the Netherlands) – Poplar in the urban environment – experiences with its

use and usability in the Netherlands.

Keynote Addresses at the Fourth Plenary Session (16 September)

17. The following keynote addresses were delivered in the fourth (closing) plenary session:

a) Mr. Joris van Acker (Belgium) – Engineered wood products based on poplar and willow

wood;

b) Mr. James Carle (IPC Secretariat, FAO) – Trends and perspectives in poplar and willow

cultivation – a global synthesis of national progress reports;

c) Mr. Walter Kollert on behalf of Mr. Arvydas Lebedys (IPC Secretariat, FAO, Italy) – Global

and regional market trends for poplar products; and

d) Mr. Jim Richardson (Canada) and Mr. Jud Isebrands (USA) – Poplars and willows: a photo

library.

Concurrent Sessions (14–15 September 2016)

18. The organization and scheduling of Concurrent Sessions on 14 September and the morning of

15 September were arranged in Themes but participants were encouraged to participate across themes

where feasible. The concurrent session themes included:

a) Theme 1: Tree improvement, (Bunsen Hall)

b) Theme 2: Tree improvement with focus on genomics (Room Pasteur)

c) Theme 3: Forest health (insects, pathogens and climate impacts) (Room Curie)

d) Theme 4: Physiology, agroforestry and production systems (Room Hertz)

e) Theme 5: Livelihoods, economics and energy (Hans Grade Hall)

f) Theme 6: Environmental and ecosystem services (Room Melli Beese)

Moderators for each concurrent session obtained take home messages from presenters which will be

synthesized into a separate summary report and uploaded to the IPC 2016 portal on the IPC website.

II.5 BUSINESS REPORTS

Working Party on Taxonomy, nomenclature and registration

19. Ms. Julia Kuzovkina (USA) was elected as the Chairperson for the 2016–2020 period and

Mr. Lorenzo Vietto (Italy) as the Technical Secretary.

20. The Working Party holds the International Cultivar Registration Authorities (ICRAs) for

Populus (Poplars, Cottonwood and Aspens) since 1958 and Salix (Willows), since 2013. It is the

responsibility of the Working Party to ensure that each plant cultivar receives a unique, authoritative

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botanical name. The tasks of the Working Party included: (i) Accept registration of new cultivars

which are appropriately named following the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature for

Cultivated Plants (ICNCP); (ii) Update, amend and re-issue the International Register of Populus

Cultivars and the International Register of Salix Cultivars, periodically; (iii) Publish the Checklists of

all known epithets and commercial synonyms for cultivars of Populus L. and Salix L.; (iv) Publicize

the registration procedure for Populus and Salix cultivars to the widest appropriate audience;

(v) Provide annual reports to the Chairperson of the Special Commission for Cultivar Registration of

the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS).

21. The programme of action for 2016–2020 includes:

Continue to update the International Register of Populus Cultivars and the Checklist for

Cultivars of Populus;

Initiate the International Register of Salix Cultivars and continue the update of the

Checklist for Cultivars of Salix;

Continue to identify the active breeding programmes and research centres and inform

them of the importance of cultivar registration;

Update and upgrade the mailing lists from the network of plant geneticists and breeders

and update the list of Poplar and Willows experts in the working party portal;

Raise awareness through effective outreach to all involved in cultivar development and to

facilitate comprehensive compilation of international records of plant registrations through

the ICRA;

Maintain direct contacts with poplar and willow breeders to obtain more detailed and

updated information about registered and new cultivars and add to the IPC website; and

Create information sources related to Populus and Salix taxonomy.

Working Party on Domestication and conservation of genetic resources

22. Ms. Teresa Cerrillo (Argentina) was elected as the Chairperson for the 2016–2020 period,

Mr. Ian McIvor (New Zealand), Mr. Georg von Wühlisch (Germany) and Mr. Sasa Orlovic (Serbia)

were elected as Vice-Chairpersons, and Ms. Ann-Christin Rönnberg-Wästljung (Sweden) as Technical

Secretary.

23. The Working Party mission is to contribute to a better knowledge of international information

and results that relate to domestication and conservation of genetic resources of poplars, willows and

other fast-growing trees. The Working Party focused on: (i) Genetic improvement by classical

breeding, development and application of genomic tools and genetic transformations; (ii) Creation of

new cultivars for bioenergy, phytoremediation, waste water treatement etc; and (iii) Conservation of

natural genetic resources and ecosystems. Within the 25th IPC Session the working party was very

active with 54 papers from 16 countries, including one plenary, 29 oral and 24 poster presentations, of

which 54% were on genetics and 46% were on genomics. The working party intended to bring

awareness on: (i) plant breeders rights and promote exchange of information on genetic material of

Poplars, Willows and other fast-growing trees; and (ii) conservation of natural resources of poplars

and willows and about the genetic diversity that should be achieved in commercial plantations.

24. The programme of action for the period 2016–2020 included: (i) create an updated data

platform that included researchers and experts involving the domestication and conservation of

Poplars, Willows and other fast-growing trees and their genetic resources; (ii) update the database on

breeding programmes and pollen collections; (iii) develop a database of clone collections and gene

banks in collaboration with the working party on Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Registration; and

(iv) improve the interaction with the other working parties, including, breeding for desirable wood

traits and breeding for biomass production with the Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products and

bioenergy working party; breeding for pytoremediation with the Environmental and ecosystem

services working party; and selection for tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses with the Plant health

and resilience to threats and climate change working party.

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Working Party on Plant health, resilience to threats and climate change

25. Mr. Mauritz Ramstedt (Sweden) was elected as the Chairperson and Mr. Y. P. Singh (India)

and Ms. Silvia Cortizo (Argentina) were elected as the Vice-Chairpersons for 2016–2018. Office

holders to be reviewed after two years. Working party members within their own expertise set will

assist the working party officers as needed.

26. The concurrent sessions of the working party were very active with strong participation,

excellent presentations and robust discussions from a wide range of countries. Presentations and

discussions were on different aspects of poplar and willow health, including biotic (insects, diseases

and other pests) and abiotic (climate change, extreme weather events, fire etc.) stresses from around

the world. The business meeting was well attended with active participation from 8-10 different

countries that contributed to preparation of a new roadmap for the coming years.

27. The working party stressed: (i) climate change and extreme weather events that predisposed

poplars and willows to outbreaks of existing and new pests, insects, and diseases, but also introduced

new stress factors like drought, winds, competition from weeds and fire which may not have been

threats previously; (ii) genotypes deployed today will face challenges to grow in environments that

might change in the future; (iii) resilience to threats through improved genetic materials and the

development of common protocols to reduce the risk of introducing new pathogens while importing

reproductive material (cuttings, seeds, seedlings); (iv) communication of sound methods of selecting

plant material and implementation of plantations in new regions or countries; and (v) identification of

new key diseases on important crops.

28. The programme of action for 2016–2020 included:

Update the database on active researchers in plant health concerning poplar and willow, also

adding other possible plant species introduced by new member states and update on the

working party portal on the IPC website;

Monitor and link to new poplar and willow plant health publications;

Research and report poplar and willow selection and breeding programmes for resistence to

biotic and abiotic stress factors and upload to the IPC website;

Organize a working party meeting, concurrently with the 7th IPS Session in Buenos Aires

2018 with a theme on regional poplar and willow health issues and to revise the working party

officers and the programme of action.

Link more closely with other Working Parties for more inter-disciplinary approaches to

disease resistence, particularly with Domestication and conservation of genetic resources;

Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products and bioenergy; and Environmental and ecosystem

services working parties.

Working Party on Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products and bioenergy

29. Mr. Joris Van Acker (Belgium) was elected as Chairperson and Mr. Joaquin Garnica (Spain),

Mr R. Dhiman (India) and Mr. Detlef Schmiedl (Germany) were elected as Vice-Chairpersons for the

sub-groups within the Working Party for the period 2016–2020. Regional focal persons identified

were Mr. Jim Richardson and Mr. Ahmed Koubaa (Canada) for North America, Mr. X Xu (China) and

Mr. Dinesh Kumar (India) for Asia, and Mr L. de Boever (Belgium) for Europe. A focal person for

South America is pending.

30. In addition to poplars and willows, there is potential to include the following genera of fast-

growing trees: Acacia, Pinus, Tectona, Robinia, Alder, Eucalyptus, Gmelina, Paraserianthes

(formerly Albizia), Paulownia, Liriodendron, Casuarina, Prosopis, Terminalia and Swietenia.

31. The revised working party was formed by amalgamation of the two former working parties on

poplar and willow Production systems and Harvesting and utilization and melding of the bioenergy

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component from the working party, Environmental applications of poplars and willows. The revised

scope of the working party will include poplars and willows (and potentially other fast-growing trees)

production systems to grow woody biomass that will be processed using sawing, peeling, chipping

into both products and energy in an economic perspective sustaining livelihoods.


Creation of the four sub-groups within the working party, including: (i) production systems;

(ii) livelihoods/economics; (iii) products; and (iv) bioenergy;

Elect officers to coordinate the activities for each sub-group;

Establish networks within the new sub-groups and beyond with appropriate initiatives and

institutions;

Continue to develop sub-group and regional contact networks and communications;

Establish a state-of-the-art data base on experts, production systems, products, bioenergy;

Compile a country-based information system;

Support young scientists to study production systems, livelihoods and utilization dimensions;

Organize workshops and conferences; and

Initiate new research in line with the new scope and mandate.

Working Party on Environmental and ecosystem services

33. Ms. Sharon Doty (USA) was elected as Chairperson and Mr. Andrej Pilipovic (Serbia) and

Mr. Lou Licht (USA) were elected as Vice-Chairpersons for the period 2016–2020.

34. The scope of the Environmental and ecosystem services working party used the Millennium

Ecosystem Assessment definition for ecosystem services that included: (i) provisioning (food, water,

fibre and fuel); (ii) regulating (climate, water and disease); (iii) cultural (spiritual, aesthetic,

recreational and educational); and (iv) supporting (primary production and soil formation). The key

dimensions of the working party were identified as phytoremediation, wastewater treatment, erosion

control, protection of watersheds, riparian buffers, restoration of landscapes, combating desertification

and salinization, shelterbelts and windbreaks, soil rehabilitation, aesthetics and recreation.


working party meetings proposed: (i) 2017: link to the International Phytotechnologies

Society meeting tentatively to be held in Iowa, USA; (ii) 2018: link to the International Poplar

Symposium meeting to be held in Argentina; and (iii) 2019: Eastern Europe tour of

environmental applications sites in Serbia and Hungary;

environmental applications and ecosystem services information sheets for distribution to

stakeholders (translated into Spanish, Russian, Serbian, Chinese);

increase the use of the IPC Newsletter to better inform about the environmental services

research activities of the WP5 members;

work with IPC to broadly define “environmental and ecosystem services” to increase

membership, visibility, utility; and

collaborate with the working party on Policy, Communication and Outreach for dissemination

and communication.

Working Party on Policy, Communication and outreach

36. Ms. Barbara Thomas (Canada) was elected Chairperson and Mr. Raju Soolanayakanahally (Canada) as Vice-Chairperson for now.

37. The mandate of the new working party will be to facilitate the transfer of knowledge and

technology particularly from researchers (scientists and academics to practitioners, policy makers,

donors and the public) and provide outreach for working parties 1-5. Specifically, the mandate will be

to support National Poplar Commissions and provide wider support to the IPC membership.

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attract membership of interested parties;

establish links to other working parties;

establish a web-portal on IPC website;

provide links to existing policy documents broken down by: Region – Country (members and

non-members) – State/Province/etc;

provide a repository of current policy barriers to provide direction on research needs for

different regions of the world; and

provide ‘News Flashes’ to all IPC members and National Commissions when new information

is loaded to the IPC website (relating to all working parties); develop a template for ‘Highlight

Sheets’ - 2-page fact sheet with take home messages from science outcomes.

II.6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMISSION

Conclusions

39. Ms. Dorothea Steinhauser of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture,

Mr. Georg von Wühlisch from the Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, and Mr. Torsten Gabriel from

the Agency for Renewable Resources and their dedicated team of scientists, technicians and volunteers

were commended for successfully hosting the 25th Session. The participants, through study tours,

plenary and concurrent sessions, were made aware of the environmental, social and economic

significance of poplars, willows and other fast-growing trees in improving livelihoods and landscapes

around the globe. The participants were acknowledged for the active participation and rich resources

in all dimensions in the cultivation of poplars and other fast-growing trees

40. The International Poplar Commission continued to provide a bridge linking research of poplar

and willow cultivation, conservation and utilization with development policies, planning and

implementation practices. Through effective networks, long-established partnerships, comprehensive

databases and outreach programmes, the IPC has successfully transferred poplar and willow

germplasm, knowledge and technology between scientists, growers, processors and users around the

globe. The new scope, when approved, will provide a wider range of species and geographic

participation within the IPC but the mechanism of delivery will be similar.

41. Although unanimously in favour of the IPC reform, the 25th IPC Session was unsuccessful in

achieving the required two-third majority of the membership (2 votes short). Because of the

unanimous vote (23 in favour votes out of 23 votes) in favour of reform, the out-going and the in-

coming Executive Committee will remain committed to continuing the IPC reform process. It was

proposed to convene the 49th Executive Committee Meeting to coincide with COFO 2018 at FAO,

Rome, Italy where FAO member states attend so IPC member states can repeat the voting procedures.

Recommendations

42. The International Poplar Commission, through its Secretariat, Working Parties and National

Poplar Commissions, recommended to:

a) Continue the strong commitment (23 positive votes from 23 votes received from IPC member

countries) to the reform process initiated by the IPC in response to paragraph 46 of the Report

of COFO, 2016.

b) Immediately implement the revised structure of the six Working Parties approved by the

47th and 48th Executive Committee meetings and the 25th Session of the IPC, including

(i) Taxonomy, nomenclature and registration; (ii) Domestication and conservation of genetic

resources; (iii) Plant health, resilience to threats and climate change; (iv) Sustainable

livelihoods, land-use, products and bio-energy; (v) Environmental and ecosystem services;

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and (vi) Policy, communication and outreach, which do not entail a modification of the

Convention text and are not dependent upon the formal reform process.

c) The Draft Amendments to the IPC-Convention as agreed by, and recommended by the

48th Executive Committee Meeting be presented to the appropriate FAO mechanism for

preliminary approvals of scope, legal language etc.

d) Conduct the 49th Executive Committee Meeting to coincide with COFO 2018 in an endeavour

to achieve the two-third approval vote of the membership (25 positive votes of 38 member

countries) to formally trigger the first formal acceptance of the IPC reform process.

e) Increase recognition by Governments of the increased scope, roles and opportunities that

National Poplar Commissions of member countries will address when poplars and other fast-

growing trees are approved.

f) Increase communication and outreach from the IPC to key stakeholders and the efforts to raise

government, public and donor awareness of the activities, outputs and outcomes of projects,

programmes and other initiatives.

II.7 STUDY TOURS

43. Three pre-Session study tours were hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Food and

Agriculture. The first study tour held on Saturday, 10 September visited short-rotation coppice field

trials at the University of Applied Sciences Eberswalde to view and discuss the site water supply,

management regimes, harvesting and utilization, cultivars tested, coppices as wind breaks, and poultry

husbandry under poplar plantations. The visit included a cultural visit to a 12th century monastery at

Chorin near Eberswalde. A visit of ancient beech forest Grumsin in the Schorfheide-Chorin biosphere

reserve (UNESCO World Natural Heritage) concluded the study tour. The second study tour held on

Sunday 11 September visited the Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, Waldsieverdorf, to view tree

improvement projects on poplars, willows, black locust, douglas fir, scots pine and hybrid larch and

poplar clones for energy crops at Müncheberg, before a historical tour of central Berlin to the

Reichstag, Brandenburger Tor, Holocaust Memorial, Führerbunker, Potsdamer Platz and the Berlin

Wall. The third study tour on bioenergy and carbon sequestration on Monday 12 September visited the

Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering in Postdam-Bornim and included: demonstration of

ongoing projects of short-rotation coppices, including cultivation, harvesting and storage technology,

nutrient and substance cycles, emission of climate-relevant gases, biomethane and biochar, hybrid

processes for energy production and carbon sequestration, and the use of residues for biochar

production to improve soils. A cultural programme followed to Postdam town including Neuer Garten,

Sanssouci Palace, markets, Nikolai Church, City Hall, Holländisches Viertel, and the Russian Colony

Alexandrowska.

44. Two post-Session study tours were undertaken. The first study tour, from 16 to 20 September,

entitled: “Bioenergy and Unesco World Heritage Sites in Central Germany”, included Hansestadt

Werben: Salix-Populus societies and conservation of black poplar trees at the Elbe river, a visit to a

bioenergy village in Beuchte and a visit to the one thousand year old Imperial Palace “Kaiserpfalz” in

Goslar. The second day, short-rotation coppice trials on three different sites with a 40-year old short-

rotation coppice clonal test “Haferfeld” and to the “Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe” site in Kassel. On the

third day, the visit included the Ancient German Beech Forest in Altenlotheim/Eder, international

heating systems manufacturer Viessmann in Allendorf/Eder, as well as a Cistercian monastery in

Eberbach. On the last day, participants visited the Kühkopf natural preservation center and natural

regeneration of Black Poplar on the Rhine river.

45. The second post-Session study tour, from 16 to 20 September, took the participants to Sweden

to see forests, people and bioenergy. Starting in Malmö, in the south of Sweden, the tour ended in

Uppsala (north of Stockholm). The tour visited a commercial willow company (Salixenergy Europa);

the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden; the “SweTree Technologies”- a plant and forest

biotechnology company; then a 180-year old Oak plantation in Visingsö, an island on “Lake Vättern”;

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a large-scale poplar plantation in Tillberga outside Västeräs; “ENA Energi”, the district heating plant

in Enköping using nearby willow plantations fertilized with municipal wastewater; and finally Uppsala

and the poplar and willow experimental plantations at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

(SLU).

46. A comprehensive Spousal Programme was arranged including: Berlin bus tour through the

Government district, Potsdamer Platz, Checkpoint Charlie and Unter den Linden and a boat cruise to

view historical and cultural sites including Museum Island, Reichstag building, the Federal

Chancellery, the House of World Cultures and the Nikolai neighbourhood on Tuesday, 13 September;

Potsdam tour to Sanssouci and Cecilienhof Palaces and walks through their grand gardens and parks

on Wednesday 14 September; and a tour through Berlin’s typical neighbourhoods of Kreuzberg,

Prenzlauer Berg and Neukölln Districts on Thursday 15 September.

II.8 MAJOR INITIATIVES

47. The independent ballot committee that counted the votes for both ballots (IPC-Reform and

Executive Committee) were Ms. Albena Bobeva, Vice-chairperson of the Session (Bulgaria), and

Mr. Jud Isebrands (USA), member of the out-going IPC-Executive Committee.

Reform of the International Poplar Commission

48. Mr. Martin Weih, IPC Chairperson and Mr. Walter Kollert, IPC Secretary, highlighted the

need for reforms to expand membership and scope of the IPC and to increase relevance and visibility

to member countries and donors. The results for the vote on the IPC reform included: total possible

votes = 38 (38 IPC member countries); required 2/3 majority = 25 votes; votes cast in favour of reform

= 23; votes cast against reform = 0; abstentions = 0. Although unanimously in favour of the IPC

reform, the 25th IPC Session was unsuccessful in achieving the two-third votes required (2 votes

short). Because of the unanimous vote in favour of reform, the out-going and the in-coming Executive

Committee will remain committed to continuing the IPC reform process. It was proposed to convene

the 49th Executive Committee Meeting to coincide with COFO 2018 at FAO, Rome, Italy where FAO

member states attend so IPC member states can repeat the voting procedures. The continued reform

process was supported through the conclusions and recommendations of the 25th Session.

Election of the Executive Committee 2012–2016

49. Voting for the composition of the Executive Committee (EC) of the International Poplar

Commission (IPC) for 2016-2020 was conducted between Thursday 15 September at 12:00 hours and

Friday 16 September at 12:00 hours. From 20 candidates representing 18 countries, 12 were elected to

the Executive Committee for the period 2016–2020. An election was held by secret ballot involving 22

country delegates authorized to represent their respective governments.

50. The 12 elected members of the Executive Committee for the period 2016-2020 were: Esteban

Borodowski (Argentina), Joris Van Acker (Belgium), Barbara R. Thomas (Canada), Francisco

Zamudio (Chile), Catherine Bastien (France), Georg von Wühlisch (Germany), Mirko Liesebach

(Germany), Dinesh Kumar (India), Giuseppe Nervo (Italy), Ian McIvor (New Zealand), Martin Weih

(Sweden) and Emile S. Gardiner (United States of America).

51. At an informal meeting of the new Executive Committee subsequent to the 25th Session,

Mr. Martin Weih was re-elected as the IPC Chairperson; Ms. Barbara Thomas was elected as the IPC

Vice-Chairperson; Mr. Meng Zhu Lu (China) and Mr. Stefano Bisoffi (Italy) were co-opted to the

Executive Committee. Due to early commencement of the study tours, further voting for co-opted

members had to be postponed and will be done with the Executive Committee members by a web-

based election process coordinated by the IPC Secretariat. It was decided that due to the 25th IPC

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Session outcome on the reform process, that the next IPC Executive Committee meeting will be held

at FAO, Rome, Italy to coincide with COFO 2018 (date to be decided by December 2016) when FAO

member countries are present.

Poplars and willows: an International Photo Gallery

52. Mr. Jim Richardson, supported by Mr. Judson Isebrands, co-editors of the IPC flagship book

“Poplars and Willows - Trees for Society and the Environment14”, published by CABI and FAO in

2014, reported that during the preparatory process, large numbers of historic and technically important

photos were obtained from poplar and willow specialists and institutions from around the globe. In

addition to those published, there remained a large number of important photos in their archives. A

project is now well advanced to have all photos, with credits, arranged in accordance with the chapters

of the book “Poplars and Willows - Trees for Society and the Environment” made available through

FAO’s IPC website by the end of 2016. This photo gallery will provide a valuable resource for historic

records and for transfer of knowledge in the future.

Date and place of next Session

53. There were no formal proposals received to host the 26th Session of the IPC in 2020. Proposals

were invited for submission prior to the 49th Executive Committee meeting proposed to coincide with

COFO 2018, FAO, Rome, Italy.

II.9 OTHER MATTERS

IUFRO 7th International Poplar Symposium

54. Participants were invited to the IUFRO Seventh International Poplar Symposium (IPS-VII), in

Buenos Aires, Argentina, September–October 2018 (date to be confirmed) with post-conference study

tours being planned.

Best Poster Award

55. Mr. Sven de Vries, Ms. Jaconette Mirck and Mr. Cees van Oosten evaluated posters for their

formatting, content and clarity in communicating the introduction/background, materials and methods,

results and discussion and conclusions. The five winner awards were presented to Ms. Teresa Cerrillo

(Argentina) with a poster “Breeding willow clones for basket making in Argentina first results”;

Mr. Pier Mario Chiarabaglio and Mr. Achille Giorgelli (Italy) with a poster “Restoration of river banks

with Populus alba L. – a case study in Italy”; Ms. Maria del Carmen Dacasa Rüdinger, Ms. Marianne

Kadolski, Mr. Wolfgang Hüller, Mr. Heino Wolf, Ms. Anna Kraft and Mr. Kurt Zoglauer (Germany)

with poster “From a cone into the Petri dish and to the field: about the unusual trip of an immature

seed”; Mr. Hannes Lenz, Mr. Ralf Pecenka and Ms. Christine Idler (Germany) with poster “Optimum

storage techniques for poplar wood from short-rotation coppice – a comparison of whole tree and

chips storage”; and Ms. Jessica Rebola-Lichtenberg and Mr. Christian Ammer (Germany) with poster

“Biomass production in short-rotation coppice – growth efficiency of Populus in mixed cropping with

Robinia pseudoacacia”. Winners received a formal Best Poster Award Certificate and the book

“Poplars and Willows - Trees for Society and the Environment”.

14 CABI, FAO and IPC book “Poplars and Willows - Trees for Society and the Environment”: http://www.fao.org/3/a-

i2670e.pdf

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2670e.pdf

http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2670e.pdf

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Evaluation of the Session 56. The results of the evaluation of the session by the country delegates are documented in

Annex VII.

II.10 CLOSING OF THE SESSION

57. Mr. Georg von Wühlisch, Chairperson for the 25th Session acknowledged on behalf of the

Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture and the German Poplar Commission, the close collaboration

with FAO and the IPC Secretariat and acknowledged the diverse fraternity of the poplar and willow

family from 40 countries and the excellent participation in the plenary, concurrent and poster sessions.

The strong member country representation and participation of particularly Germany, India,

Argentina, Canada, China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, USA, Italy and Sweden and the strong interest

and participation by non-member countries made for rich and robust discussions reflecting poplar and

willow culture in very diverse and wide-spread contexts around the world. Additionally, the

participants represented a wide range of stakeholder groups including government, private sector

(corporate and smallholder), scientists, academics and NGOs which represented growers, wood

industries, users and research and educational institutions. The transfer of knowledge and technology

and capacity building were acknowledged as at least as important as the creation of knowledge and

advancement of science. The IPC, particularly if reforms proceed and revised Working Parties provide

relevant outputs and outcomes, can contribute significantly towards achievement of green economies

in the future with poplars and other fast-growing trees.

58. Mr. Walter Kollert, IPC Secretary, on behalf of FAO congratulated Ms. Dorothea Steinhauser

of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Mr. Georg von Wühlisch from the Thünen

Institute of Forest Genetics, and Mr. Torsten Gabriel from the Agency for Renewable Resources and

their dedicated team of scientists, technicians and volunteers (too many to name individually) for their

excellent arrangements, logistics and success of the 25th Session. The participants and the IPC

Secretariat staff were acknowledged for their key inputs to the Session. It was reiterated that 23 votes

in favour of reform out of 23 voting member countries was a strong message to convey to FAO. With

this strong mandate, the next vote for reform will coincide with COFO 2018, when more member

countries will attend and be eligible to vote on the recommended reforms and the amended IPC-

Convention. Business-as-usual was not an option. Congratulations were expressed to the newly elected

and re-elected Members of the Executive Committee who were reminded to convene for an informal

introductory meeting and to elect officers. The 25th IPC Session was thereafter officially closed.

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ANNEX I (a) - Agenda of the 48th Session of the Executive Committee

International Poplar Commission

48th Session of the Executive Committee

Adlershof Technology Center, Berlin, Germany

12 September 2016

AGENDA

9.00-10.30 hrs Session 1: Opening

Opening and welcome (Chairman)

Adoption of the provisional agenda (Chairman)

Arrangements for the 25th Session of the IPC (Secretary/Members)

10.30-11.00 hrs Coffee break

11.00-12.30 hrs

Session 2: Working parties

Summary reports and programme of work for Working Parties 1 to 6 and

Sub-Committee on Nomenclature and Registration (Chairpersons, ca. 10

min each)

Summary and conclusions (Chairman/Members)

12.30-14.00 hrs Lunch break

14.00-15.30 hrs

Session 3: IPC Reform

Progress report on IPC reform (Chairman/Secretary)

Moderated discussion on IPC reform process, incl. status and perspective

of working parties and national poplar commissions in a reformed IPC (all

members)

Summary and conclusions (Chairman/Secretary)

15.30-16.00 hrs Coffee break

16.00-18.00 hrs

Session 4: IPC events and other matters

Summary report on poplar related events since the 24th session of the IPC

in Dehradun, 2012 (all members)

Proposals for the composition of the Executive Committee for the period

2016–2020 (all members)

Proposals for the date and place of the 26th Session of the IPC (2020) and

49th Session of the IPC Executive Committee (2018) (all members)

Other matters (all members)

Closing of the Session (Chairman)

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ANNEX I (b) - Agenda of the 25th Session of the IPC


TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION AND RELATED SESSIONS


AGENDA

1. Opening of the Session

2. Adoption of the Agenda

3. Election of Officers

4. Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees - Renewable Resources for Future Green

Economies

5. Synthesis of Country Progress Reports 2012–2015

6. Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Registration

7. Domestication and Conservation of Genetic Resources

8. Climate Change, Plant Health and Resilience to Threats and Crises

9. Sustainable Livelihoods, Land-use, Products and Bioenergy

10. Environmental and Ecosystem Services

11. Policy, Communication and Outreach

12. Adoption of the Proposed Amendments to the IPC-Convention

13. Election of Members of the Executive Committee for the period 2016–2020

14. Date and place of next Session

15. Other matters

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ANNEX II (a) – Programme Summary

INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION, TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION

PROGRAMME SUMMARY

Time Mon, 12 Sep

IPC-Execut. Committ. Meeting

9:00-18:00

Tue, 13 Sep

Official Opening, Plenary Sessions

9.00-17.30

Wed, 14 Sep

Concurrent Sessions,

9.00 to 18.00 hrs

7:30

Foyer Lobby

Registration and distribution of material for IPC-Session

7:30 to 9:00

Bunsen Hall (Convention Center)

Room Pasteur (Convention Center)

Room Curie (Convention Center)

Room Hertz (Convention Center)

Hans Grade Hall (Adlershof Forum)

Room Melli Beese (Adlershof Forum)

7:45

8:00

8:15

8:30 Hans Grade Hall:

Registr. for Exec. Comm. Meetg.

9:00-10:30

Session 1A

Tree

Improvement

9:00-10:30

Session 2A

Tree

Improvement

9:00-10:30

Session 3A

Climate

impact/pathogens

9:00-10:30

Session 4A

Physiology

9:00-10:30

Session 5A

Production/

Livelihoods

9:00-10:30

Session 6A

Products

8:45

9:00 Hans Grade Hall:

IPC-Exec. Committee. Meeting

9:00 – 18:00

Bunsen Hall

Welcome remarks, Opening by Chair Adoption of the agenda

9:15

9:30

9:45

10:00

10:15

10:30 Morning break

10:30 to 11:00 10:45

11:00

Hans Grade Hall

IPC-Executive Committee

Meeting

Key note 1, Matthias Dieter, Germany. Poplars and other

fast-growing trees - renewable resources for future green

economies

Key note 2, Walter Kollert, FAO. The reform of the

International Poplar Commission (IPC) in light of modern

forest policy requirements

Key note 3, Mathias Fladung, Germany. Plant remodeling

in trees – breeding perspectives in poplar

Key-note 4, Teresa Cerrillo, Argentina. Advances in a

willow (Salix spp) breeding program in Argentina for

different wood applications

11:00-12:30

Session 1B

Tree

Improvement

11:00-12:30

Session 2B

Tree

Improvement

11:00-12:30

Session 3B

Pathogens

11:00-12:30

Session 4B

Physiology/

Agroforestry

11:00-12:30

Session 5B

Livelihoods/

Economics

11:00-12:30

Session 6B

Restoration/Phyto

-remediation

11:15

11:30

11:45

12:00

12:15

12.30

Lunch break

12:30 to 14:00 hrs

12:45

13:00

13:15

13:30

13:45

14:00

Hans Grade Hall

IPC-Executive Committee

Meeting

Key-note 5, Martin Weih, Sweden. Sweden’s quest for

renewable resources – an opportunity for growing poplars

and willows

Key note 6, Reinhart Ceulemans, Belgium. Bio-energy from

poplar biomass under short rotations: full greenhouse gas

balance, energy balance and environmental life cycle

analysis

Key note 7, Jan Grundmann, Germany. Short-rotation

coppice (SRC) as a fuel hedge

Key note 8, Ramesh C. Dhimann, India. The role of the

private sector in promoting the culturing of poplar and other

fast growing tree species in India

14.00-15:30 Session 1C

Tree

Improvement

14:00-15:30 Session 2C

Genomics

14:00-15:30 Session 3C

Pathogens/Insects

14:00-15:30 Session 4C

Agroforestry

14:00-15:30 Session 5C

Economics

14:00-15:30 Session 6C

Restoration/

Phytoremediation

14:15

14:30

14:45

15:00

15:15

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15:30 Afternoon break

15:30-16:00 15:45

16:00

Hans Grade Hall

IPC-Executive Committee Meeting

Key-note 9, Timothy Volk, USA. Incorporating shrub

willow into multifunctional systems using a landscape

design approach.

Key note 10, Sharon L. Doty, USA. Importance of the plant

microbiome for growth, health, and stress tolerance.

Key note 11, Erika Pierattini, Italy. Pharmaceuticals and

Personal Care Products: Populus alba phenotyping and

uptake.

Key note 12, Jitze Kopinga, The Netherlands. The poplar in

the urban environment - experiences with its use and

usability in The Netherlands.

16:00-18:00

Session 1D

Tree

Improvement

16:00-18:00

Session 2D

Genomics

16:00-18:00

Session 3D

Insects

16:00-18:00

Session 4D

Production

16:00-18:00

Session 5D

Energy

16:00-18:00

Session 6D

Restoration/

Phytoremediation

16:15

16.30

16:45

17:00

17:15

17:30

17:45 17:30 End of plenary sessions

18:00

18:15 18:00 End of Executive

Committee Meeting

18:00 End of concurrent sessions

18:30

18:45

19:00 19:00-20:30

Cocktail Reception hosted by FAO at Foyer and Terrace of the Convention Center

19:00-21:00

Dinner hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture at Former Airport Hangar, Ludwig-Boltzmann-Str. 1, Adlershof (in walking distance from conference venue)

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Time Thu, 15 Sep

Concurrent Sessions, Poster Session, Business meetings of working groups

9.00 to 18.00 hrs

Fri, 16 Sep

Plenary Sessions, Closing

Bunsen Hall, 9.00-15.30 7:30


9:00-10.30

Session 1E

Tree

Improvement


9:00-10.30

Session 2E

Genomics


9:00-10.30

Session 3E

Ecology


9:00-10:30

Session 4E

Production


9:00-10:30

Session 5E

Energy


9:00-10:30

Session 6E

Special Applications

Key note 13, Joris van Acker, Belgium.

Engineered wood products based on

poplar and willow wood

Key-note 14, Jim Carle, New Zealand.

Trends and perspectives in poplar and

willow cultivation – a global synthesis of

national progress reports

Key-note 15, Arvydas Lebedys, FAO.

Global and regional market trends for

poplar products

Key-note 16, Jim Richardson, Canada,

Jud Isebrands, USA. Poplars and

willows: a photo library

7:45

8:00

8:15

8:30

8:45

9:00

9:15

9:30

9:45

10:00

10:15

10:30 Morning break

10:30 to 11:00 10:45

11:00

Zuse Hall (Basement, Convention Center)

Poster Presentation


11:00-12:30

Working party reports 1 to 6

(15 min each)

11:15

11:30

11:45

12:00

12:15

12.30

Lunch break

12:30 to 14:00 hrs 12:45

13:00

13:15

13:30

13:45

14:00 Business meetings of working parties 14:00-18:00


14:00 to 15:30

Closing ceremony

14:15 Bunsen Hall (Convention Center)

14.00-15:30

Session 1F

Domestication and

Conservation of Genetic Resources


15:00-18:00

General Assembly of

the European Poplar

Association (ProPopulus)


14:00-15:30 Session 6F

Policy, Communication

and Outreach


14:00-15:30

Session 4F

Environmental and

Ecosystem Services


14:00-15:30

Session 3F

Sustainable Livelihoods,

Land-use, Products and Bioenergy


14:00-15:30

Session 2F

Plant Health and

Resilience to Threats and Climate Change

Terrace/Basement

(Convention Center)

14:00-15:30

Session 5F

Taxonomy,

Nomenclature and

Registration

14:30

14:45

15:00

15:15

15:30 Afternoon break

15:30-16:00 15:45

16:00

continued

Domestication and

Conservation of

Genetic Resources

continued

General Assembly of

the European Poplar

Association

(ProPopulus)

continued

Communication and

Outreach

continued

Environmental and

Ecosystem Services

continued

Sustainable Livelihoods,

Land-use, Products and

Bioenergy

continued

Plant Health and

Resilience to Threats

and Climate Change

continued

Taxonomy,

Nomenclature and

Registration

Hans Grade Hall (Forum Adlershof)

16:00-17:00

Informal meeting of the new

Executive Committee

16:15

16.30

16:45

17:00

17:15

17:30

17:45 17:30 End of daily session 17:30

Departure for post-

conference tours 18:00

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ANNEX II (b) – Detailed Programme

INTERNATIONAL POPLAR COMMISSION, TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION

DETAILED PROGRAMME

PLENARY SESSIONS – TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER VENUE: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall

07:30-09:00 Registration and distribution of material for IPC-Session

09:00-10:30 Opening and Welcome

Master of ceremony: Mr. Stefano Bisoffi, IPC Executive Committee, Italy

Opening of the Session Peter Bleser, Parliamentary State Secretary, Member of the

German Parliament

Welcome remarks Eva Müller, FAO, Director Forestry Policy and Resources

Division

Welcome remarks

Martin Weih, Chairman of the International Poplar Commission,

Sweden Adoption of the agenda

Election of chairperson and two vice-

chairpersons

10:10-10:30

The Czech Republic - a new IPC

member

Jan Weger, Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape and

Ornamental Gardening, Prúhonice, Czech Republic

10:30-11:00 - Morning Break

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PLENARY SESSION I, Bunsen Hall Moderator: Sven de Vries, Alterra, Wageningen University, the Netherlands

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

11:00-11:05 Presentation of the 7th Session of the International Poplar

Symposium (IPS), 2018, Argentina

Ron Zalesny, USDA Forest Service, Northern

Research Station, USA and Silvia Cortizo,

INTA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

11:05-11:20 Poplars and other fast-growing trees - renewable resources for

future green economies

Matthias Dieter, Johann Heinrich von Thünen

Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural

Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Germany

11:20-11:40 The reform of the International Poplar Commission (IPC) in

light of modern forest policy requirements

Walter Kollert, Secretary of the International

Poplar Commission, FAO, Italy

11:40-12:00 Plant remodeling in trees – breeding perspectives in poplar Mathias Fladung, Thünen Institute of Forest

Genetics, Germany

12:00-12:30 Advances in a willow (Salix spp.) breeding programme in

Argentina for different wood applications

Teresa Cerrillo, Instituto Nacional de

Tecnología Agropecuaria, Campana,

Argentina

12:30–13:30 - Lunch break

13:30 -14:00 Group photograph of all participants (Terrace of the Convention Center)

PLENARY SESSION II, Bunsen Hall Moderator: Ron Zalesny, USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, USA

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

14:00-14:20 Sweden’s quest for renewable resources – an opportunity for

growing poplars and willows?

Martin Weih, Dept. of Crop Production

Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural

Sciences, Sweden

14:20-14:40 Bio-energy from poplar biomass under short rotations: full

greenhouse gas balance, energy balance and environmental life

cycle analysis

Reinhart Ceulemans, University of Antwerp,

Department of Biology, Belgium

14:40-15:00 Short-rotation coppice (SRC) as a fuel hedge Jan Grundmann, Energy Crops GmbH,

Germany

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15:00-15:20 The role of the private sector in promoting the culturing of

poplar and other fast-growing tree species in India

Ramesh C. Dhiman, Wimco Seedlings unit of

ITC PSPD, India

15:30-16:00 - Afternoon break

PLENARY SESSION III, Bunsen Hall Moderator: Jud Isebrands, Environmental Forestry Consultants LLC, USA

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

16:00-16:20 Introduction of the European Poplar Association (ProPopulus) Pedro Garnica and Bernard Mourlan,

European Poplar Association (ProPopulus)

16:20-16:40 Importance of the plant microbiome for growth, health, and

stress tolerance

Sharon L. Doty, School of Environmental and

Forest Sciences, University of Washington,

USA

16:40-17:00 Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: Populus alba

phenotyping and uptake

Erika Pierattini, Institute of Life Sciences -

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy

17:00-17:20 The poplar in the urban environment - experiences with its use

and usability in The Netherlands

Jitze Kopinga, Wageningen University and

Research Centre, Netherlands

18:00-19:00 Question and Answer Session on the proposed IPC reform IPC Executive Committee and IPC Secretary

END OF PLENARY SESSION

19:00-20:30 Cocktail reception hosted by FAO

Foyer and Terrace of the Convention Center

Welcome remarks by Eva Müller, FAO,

Director, Forestry Policy and Resources

Division

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS OF WORKING PARTIES

WEDNESDAY, 14 SEPTEMBER Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall

Session 1A: Tree Improvement

Moderator: Bernd Degen, Thünen-Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Sources of variation in hybrid poplar biomass production

throughout Michigan, USA

R. Miller, Michigan State University, Forest

Biomass Innovation Center, Escanaba,

Michigan, United States

09:20-09:50 Genetic improvement of poplar and prospects for poplar

cultivation in Germany

M. Hofmann, Nordwestdeutsche Forstliche

Versuchsanstalt, Abt. Genressourcen, Hann.

Münden, Germany

09:50-10:10 Evaluation of growth and bioenergy potential of fast-growing

trees (Populus and Salix) for short-rotation plantation

N. Kutsokon, Institute of Cell Biology and

Genetic Engineering, NASU, Ukraine

10:10-10:30 Establishment of poplar plantations in Scandinavia and the

Baltic Sea region

A. Karacic, Swedish University of

Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Pasteur Session 2A: Tree Improvement

Moderator: M. Meyer, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Protoplast fusion based breeding of sterile polyploids in

various poplar species - presented by P. Welters

N. Efremova, Phytowelt Green Technologies

GmbH, Köln, Germany

09:20-09:50 Case Study of Hybrid aspen, poplar and willow yields in five

year rotation

D. Lazdina, LSFRI 'Silava', Salaspils, Latvia

09:50-10:10 Poplar breeding program in Argentina: 2013 comparative

clonal trial network status

S. Monteverde, Instituto Nacional de

Tecnología Agropecuaria, Campana,

Argentina

10:10-10:30 Flowering time genes influence biomass production in poplars T. Brügmann, Thünen-Institute of Forest

Genetics, Grosshansdorf, Germany

http://inta.gob.ar/

http://inta.gob.ar/

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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Curie

Session 3A: Climate impact / pathogens Moderator: Mauritz Ramsted, Swedish University of Agriculture, Sweden

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Early climatic benefits of Salicaceae plantations on abandoned

arable land

R. Rytter, Rytter Science, Röstånga, Sweden

09:20-09:50 ------------------------ ------------------------

09:50-10:10 ------------------------ ------------------------

Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Hertz

Session 4A: Physiology Moderator: Reinhart Ceulemans, University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Belgium

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Growth and physiology of Salix clones in response to drought

and rewatering - (presented by S. Cortizo)

A. B. Guarnaschelli, Department of Vegetal

Production, Faculty of Agronomy, University

of Buenos Aires. Argentina

09:20-09:50 ------------------------ ------------------------

09:50-10:10 Transpiration and water relations of four poplar genotypes

under SRC - (presented by S. Vanbeveren)

A. Navarro, University of Antwerp, Belgium

10:10-10:30 Valuation of some growth and functional responses of Salix

clones in response to flooding - (presented by S. Cortizo)

F. D. Caccia, Department of Vegetal

Production, Faculty of Agronomy, University

of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall Session 5A: Production / Livelihoods

Moderator: Jim Richardson, Poplar and Willow Council of Canada, Canada

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Mixed strategies for defense in willow; resistance and

tolerance to herbivory under varying nutrient regimes

C. Glynn, Department of Crop Production

Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural

Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

09:20-09:50 Process-based modeling to select optimal regional phenotypes

for SRC willow to maximize resource use efficiency

B. Richard, Rothamsted Research,

Harpenden, United Kingdom

09:50-10:10 A Salix spp. Short-rotation coppice system in Buenos Aires,

Argentina: Effects of clonal composition, planting density and

drip irrigation on biomass production

F. Achinelli, Comisión de Investigaciones

Científicas de Buenos Aires (CIC), Argentina

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10:10-10:30 Grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) MOENCH.) – a complement to

other fast-growing tree species in northern Europe

L. Rytter, Forestry Research Institute of

Sweden, Svalöv, Sweden

Venue: Forum Adlershof, Room Melli Beese

Session 6A: Production Moderator, Andrea Polle, Forstbotanik und Baumphysiologie Georg-August Universität Göttingen, Germany

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Wood Quality Research on Hybrid Poplar in Québec, Canada A. Koubaa, Université du Québec en Abiti-

Témiscamingue, Canada

09:20-09:50 Acid-catalyzed organosolv processing of short rotation coppice

"poplar with bark" - a parametric study on yield and

structure of sulfur-free lignin

V. Rohde, Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical

Technology, Germany

09:50-10:10 Growth patterns of several poplar clones for plywood

production in Spain

P. Garnica, Bosques y Ríos SLU, Garnica

Plywood, Spain

10:10-10:30 Properties and utilization of selected fast-growing tree

plantation species for wood-based industries in the Philippines

R. Aggangan, Forest Products Research and

Development Institute (FPRDI), Department

of Science and Technology (DOST), Laguna,

Philippines


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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall

Session 1B: Tree Improvement


TIME TITLE AUTHOR

11:00-11:20 Survival and growth analysis of aspen hybrid families in the

Central Chernozem area of Russia

R. Tsareva, All-Russian Scientific Research

Institute of Forest Genetics, Tree Breeding

and Biotechnology, Voronezh, Russia

11:20-11:40 Next generation tree biotechnology for biofuels and

biomaterials - (presented by Georg von Wühlisch)

M. R. Ahuja, Zobel Forest Associates, New

Paltz, NY, USA

11:40-12:00 Two Salix genotypes differ in their productivity when grown in

monoculture and mixture

S. Hoeber, Swedish University of Agricultural

Sciences, Sweden

12:00-12:20 Improvement on poplars of the section Populus in Germany M. Liesebach, Thünen-Institute of Forest


Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Pasteur Session 2B: Tree Improvement

Moderator: E. Beuker, Natural Resources Institute Finland Luke, Finland

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

11:00-11:20 Towards a high and sustainable biomass production: the Salix

Molecular Breeding Activities program (SAMBA)

A. C. Rönnberg-Wastljung, Swedish

University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala,

Sweden

11:20-11:40 Production of diploid pollen in Populus by heat-induced

depolymerisation of meiotic microtubule cytoskeletons

J. Wang, Forestry University, Beijing, China

11:40-12:00 Triploid poplars as a potential for breeding fast growing trees H. Liesebach, Thünen-Institute of Forest


12:00-12:20 Wood and tree-ring anatomical traits for phenotyping poplar

cultivars

M. Meyer, Technische Universität Dresden,

Germany

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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Curie Session 3B: Pathogens

Moderator: Mauritz Ramstedt, Swedish University of Agriculture, Sweden

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

11:00-11:20 A histological and biochemical comparison of resistant and

susceptible Populus genotypes inoculated with Sphaerulina

musiva

N. Abraham, North Dakota State University,

Plant pathology NDSU, Fargo, ND, United

States

11:20-11:40 Testing pathogenicity of Sclerotium rolfsii causing leaf spot of

poplar

S. Rawat, Forest Pathology Division, Forest

Research Institute, Dehradun, India

11:40-12:00 ------------------------ ------------------------


Session 4B: Physiology / Agroforestry Moderator: R. Soolanayakanahally, AAFC, Canada

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

11:00-11:20 Introducing trees into cultivated fields to reduce the French

shortage of poplar wood: Agroforestry and wood quality

R. Marchal, CIRAD, RU BioWooEB,

Montpellier, France

11:20-11:40 Poplar and black locust yields from short-rotation coppice

hedgerows in an alley cropping system

J. Mirck, Department of Soil Protection and

Recultivation, Brandenburg University of

Technology, Cottbus, Germany

11:40-12:00 Biomass production in an improved sustainable mixed short-

rotation woody cropping of Populus-hybrids and Robinia

pseudoacacia

J. Rebola-Lichtenberg, Georg-August-

Universität Göttingen, Germany

12:00-12.20 Proposed management for willow agrosilvopastoral systems in

the delta of the Paraná River (Argentina)

E. Casaubon, INTA Delta de Paraná,

Argentina

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Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall Session 5B: Livelihoods / Economics

Moderator: Jim Richardson, Poplar and Willow Council of Canada, Canada

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

11:00-11:20 Poplar in the Kyrgyz Republic N. Chyngozhoev, Forest Research Institute of

the National Academy of Science, Kyrgysztan

11:20-11:40 How poplar (Populus deltoides) based agroforestry

transformed weak rural economy to prosperous green

economy in north India?

M. S. Haque, National Bank for Agriculture

and Rural Development, India

11:40-12:00 Production potential and impact of wood market fluctuations

on plantation trend of exotic poplar (Populus deltoides) in

India (Presented by Georg von Wühlisch)

K. B. Bangarwa, Department of Forestry,

CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

(Haryana), India

12:00-12:20 The journey of poplar cultivation under agro-forestry in India

- responding to drivers of change

Gulshan Kumar, Indian Forest Service,

Haryana State, India


Session 6B: Reclamation / Phytoremediation Moderator: Andrej Pilipovic, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment - ILFE, Serbia

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

11:00-11:20 Poplar for environmental restoration: Physiological and

molecular approaches for heavy metal and organic molecules

L. Sebastiani, Institute of Life Sciences -

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

11:20-11:40 Using native balsam poplar (Poplar balsamifera) for

reclamation in the oil sands region of north-eastern Alberta,

Canada

B. Thomas, University of Alberta, Department

of Renewable Resources, Alberta, Canada

11:40-12:00 Establishment of hybrid poplar for surface mine reclamation

in the southern coalfield of West Virginia, USA

R. Zalesny, USDA Forest Service, Northern

Research Station, Rhinelander, WI, United

States

12:00-12:20 Willow afforestation for quarry rehabilitation in Rio Negro

Valley, Argentina

E. R. Thomas, Instituto Nacional de

Tecnología Agropecuaria, Río Negro,

Argentina

12:30-14:00 - Lunch Break

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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall Session 1C: Tree Improvement


TIME TITLE AUTHOR

14:00-14:20 Widening of genetic base of Populus deltoides in India through

hybrid clone development

A. Kumar, Indian Council of Forestry

Research and Education, Dehradun, India

14:20-14:40 Reproduction of Populus intersectional hybrid by means of

ovule microcultures

A. Ghamari Zare, Research Institute of

Forests and Rangelands, Tehran, Iran

14:40-15:00 ------------------------ ------------------------

Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Pasteur Session 2C: Genomics

Moderator: R. Schirmer, Bavarian Office of Seeding and Planting, Germany

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

14:00-14:20 The SWEET gene family in Populus: evolution, expression

patterns, and contribution to secondary growth

Meng-Zhu Lu, Research Institute of Forestry,

Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China

14:20-14:40 The analysis of gene expression profile in Salix under salt

stress

J. Zhou, Department of Tree Genetics and

Breeding, Jiangsu Academy of Forestry,

Nanjing, China

14:40-15:00 ISAP (Inter-Sine Amplified Polymorphism) – a

retrotransposon-based marker system for identification of

varieties, clones and accessions of poplar

A. Kögler, Technische Universität Dresden,

Faculty of Science, Institute of Botany,

Germany

15:00-15:20 Intra-specific variation in poplar drought responses A. Polle, Georg-August Universität

Göttingen, Germany

Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Curie Session 3C: Pathogens/Insects

Moderator: Mauritz Ramstedt, Swedish University of Agriculture, Sweden

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

14:00-14:20 Poplar clones in Latvia: Juvenile growth and fall frost

damages (Presented by K. Makovskis)

S. Senhofa, LSFRI ʻSilava’, Salaspils, Latvia

14:20-14:40 Plant decline etiology in poplar short-rotation coppices N. Anselmi, DIBAF University of Tuscia,

Viterbo, Italy

14:40-15:00 Poplar clones differ in their resistance against insect feeding H. Schröder, Thünen Institute of Forest

Genetics, Germany

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15:00-15:20 Importance and management of the red poplar leaf beetle

(Chrysomela populi L.) in short-rotation coppices (SRC): an

overview

R. Georgi, TU Dresden, Faculty of

Environmental Sciences, Germany


Session 4C: Agroforestry Moderator: R. Soolanayakanahally, AAFC, Canada

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

14:00-14:20 ----------------------- -----------------------

14:20-14:40 Fast-growing tree culture outside forest: experiences from

India

Dinesh Kumar, Silviculture Division, Forest

Research Institute, Dehradun, India

14:40-15:00 Biomass estimation models and allometry changes in a short

rotation coppice poplar plantation in the North of Spain

J. Valbuena-Castro, Sustainable Forest

Management Research Institute, Madrid,

Spain

15:00-15:20 A pilot study of poplar plantations optimal rotation period and

its growth dynamics under different planting densities

B. Hjelm, Dept. of Crop production Ecology,

Swedish Univ. of Agriculture Science,

Uppsala, Sweden

Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall Session 5C: Economics

Moderator: Raymond Miller, Michigan State University, USA

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

14:00-14:20 Social poplar plantations of Balykchy Forest Service K.M. Zhantaev, State Agency on Environment

Protection and Forestry, Kyrgyz Republic

14:20-14:40 Poplar plantation - a boon to rural livelihoods and ecological

restoration in north India

S. K. Sharma, Geography and Environmental

Science Department, Dehradun, India

14:40-15:00 Populus deltoides financial maturity (case study: Kurdistan

province, western Iran)

K. Adeli, Forestry Department, Faculty of

Agriculture, Lorestan University, Iran

15:00-15:20 Economic analysis tool for SRWC-based feedstock production

in the Southeastern U.S.A. - (presented by D. Hazel)

S. Ghezehei, Department of Forestry and

Environmental Resources at North Carolina

State University, USA


Session 6C: Reclamation / Phytoremediation Moderator: Andrej Pilipovic, Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment - ILFE, Serbia

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

14:00-14:20 The effectiveness of poplar and willow trees in reducing

erosion on pastoral slopes in New Zealand

I. McIvor, Plant & Food Research, New

Zealand

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14:20-14:40 Study on growth parameters of poplar trees irrigated with

municipal wastewater in south of Tehran, Iran

A. Salehi, Research Institute of Forests and

Rangelands, Agricultural Research,

Education and Extension Organization,

Tehran, Iran

14:40-15:00 Treated wastewater use in forest plantations in north

Patagonia, Argentina

C. Tucat, Medanito S.A., Argentina

15:00-15:20 Selection and use of native willow clones for reclamation in

forest ecosystems impacted by elevated salt levels

R. Krygier, Natural Resources Canada,

Canadian Forest Service, Alberta, Canada


Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall Session 1D: Tree Improvement

Moderator: Barb Thomas, University of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources, Canada

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

16:00-16:20 Geo-climatic gradient shapes functional trait variations in

Salix eriocephala

R. Soolanayakanahally, Saskatoon Research

and Development Centre, Saskatoon,

Canada

16:20-16:40 Evaluation of improved willow in north Patagonia, Argentina E. R. Thomas, Instituto Nacional de

Tecnología Agropecuaria, Río Negro,

Argentina

16:40-17:00 Testing of native willows for SRC on agricultural land J. Weger, Silva Tarouca Research Institute

for Landscape and Ornamental Gardening,

Průhonice, Czech Republic

17:00-17:20 Production of new clones of cricket bat willow (Salix alba) for

fast growth and quality timber

S. A. Gangoo, SK University of Agricultural

Sciences and Technology of Kashmir,

Benhama Grandersal, India

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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Pasteur Session 2D: Genomics

Moderator: Ann Christin Rönnberg-Wastljung, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

16:00-16:20 -------------------------- --------------------------

16:20-16:40 SSR based DNA fingerprinting and genetic diversity analysis

of 92 poplar cultivars in China

J. Hu, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese

Academy of Forestry, Beijing, China

16:40-17:00 Metabolomic responses of down-regulated p-coumaroyl

quinate/shikimate 3’-hydrolase (C3’H) and cinnamate 4-

hydrolase (C4H) genes in the lignin biosynthetic pathway of

Eucalyptus urophylla x E. grandis with reduced recalcitrance

T. Tschaplinski, Oak Ridge National

Laboratory, United States

Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Curie Session 3D: Insects

Moderator: H. Schröder, Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics, Germany

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

16:00-16:20 The power of poplar odor- how we can help poplars to fight

back (Presented by St. Schültz, Göttingen University,

Germany)

M. Kazic, Georg-August-Universität

Göttingen, Forstzoologie und Waldschutz,

Germany

16:20-16:40 Olfactory navigation of sawflies (Nematus spec.) as a device for

hazard analysis of different practically relevant poplar

varieties in short rotation coppice

K. Manthe, University of Applied Sciences

Erfurt, Faculty of Landscape Architecture,

Horticulture and Forestry, Germany

16:40-17:00 Management of poplar defoliator: Clostera cupreata through

herbal approach

R. Sehrawat, Forest Research Institute,

Indian Council of Forestry Research and

Education, Dehradun, India

17:00-17:20 Relations between insect resistance and tree age of transgenic

triploid Populus tomentosa plants

M. Yang, Forestry College, Agricultural

University of Hebei, China


Session 4D: Production Moderator: R. Schirmer, Bavarian Office of Forest Seeding and Planting, Germany

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

16:00-16:20 Results from six years of the joint research project PROLOC –

clone-site interaction and yield dynamics after two rotation

cycles

C. Stiehm, Northwest German Forest

Research Institute, Münden, Germany

16:20-16:40 Development of poplar clones for SRC in an EU-wide trial D. Glas, Bavarian Institute for forest seeding

and planting (ASP), Teisendorf, Germany

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16:40-17:00 Influence of two contrasting planting systems and weeding

regimes on willow performance under field conditions

M. Welc, Swedish University of Agricultural

Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

17:00-17:20 Success factors for short-rotation plantation projects -

framework conditions, business models and case studies in

Europe

M. Weitz, Lignovis GmbH, Hamburg,

Germany

Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall Session 5D: Energy

Moderator: Raymond Miller, Michigan State University, USA

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

16:00-16:20 Woodfuels as alternative source of energy in rural and

urban areas in the Philippines

R. Aggangan, Forest Products Research and

Development Institute, College Laguna,

Philippines

16:20-16:40 Bio-ethanol from hemicellulose wastes of ligno-cellulosic

biomass – a sustainable future bio-refinery prospect

(Presented by D. Kumar)

P. K. Gupta, Forest Research Institute

Dehradun, India

16:40-17:00 How to run a biomass group-heating on SRC basis H.-G. von Engelbrechten, Agraligna GmbH,

Stendal, Germany

17:00-17:20 Subsurface drip irrigation in poplar bioenergy systems:

biomass production and economic evaluation in

Mediterranean climate

P. Paris, CNR-Istituto di Biologia

Agroambientale e Forestale (IBAF), Viterbo,

Italy

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Session 6D: Phytoremediation Moderator: Ian McIvor, Plant & Food Research, New Zealand

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

16:00-16:20 --------------------- ---------------------

16:20-16:40 Phytoremediation of river sediments with the use of poplars

and willows

A. Pilipovic, University of Novi Sad - Institute of

Lowland Forestry and Environment, Russia

16:40-17:00 Effects of heavy metals and mycorrhizal fungi on growth

and nutrient status of Populus alba x glandulosa

N. Aggangan, University of the Philippines Los

Baños, College Laguna, Philippines

END OF CONCURRENT SESSION

19:00-21:00 Banquet Dinner hosted by the German Federal Ministry of

Food and Agriculture (BMEL)

Former Airport Hangar, Ludwig-Boltzmann-Str. 1, Adlershof (in

walking distance from conference venue)

Welcome remarks by D. Steinhauser, Head,

Division Sustainable Forest Management and

Timber Markets, German Federal Ministry of

Food and Agriculture, Berlin

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CONCURRENT SESSIONS and POSTERS PRESENTATION

THURSDAY. 15 SEPTEMBER Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall

Session 1E: Tree Improvement

Moderator: Barb Thomas, University of Alberta, Department of Renewable Resources, Canada

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Breeding of fast-growing tree species for changing

environments in Saxony, Germany

H. Wolf, Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst, Pirna,

Germany

09:20-09:50 Poplar genetic transformation for sustainable growth in short

rotation plantation

N. Rashydov, Institute of Cell Biology and

Genetic Engineering, Kiev, Ukraine

09:50-10:10 Fast breeding of poplars and other tree species: future

prospects and biosafety concerns

H. Hönicka, Thünen-Institute of Forest


10:10-10:30 Breeding of multipurpose willows on the basis of Salix

daphnoides, S. purpurea and S. pentandra

B. Bubner, Thünen-Institute of Forest

Genetics, Waldsieversdorf, Germany

Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Pasteur Session 2E: Genomics

Moderator: R. Schirmer, Bavarian Office for Forest Seeding and Planting, Germany

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Integrated SNP correlation, co-expression and genome-wide

association networks for Populus trichocarpa. pleiotropic and

epistatic network-based discovery

D. Weighill, BioEnergy Science Center, Oak

Ridge National Laboratory, United States

09:20-09:50 Improvement of the inducible activation tagging AC/DS

transposon system by employing the positive selection marker

TMS2

M. Fladung, Thünen Institute of Forest


09:50-10:10 Complete genome sequences of Populus tremula chloroplast

and mitochondrion as new resources for holistic poplar

breeding

B. Kersten, Thünen Institute of Forest


10:10-10:30 Chloroplast and mitochondrial SNP-markers support holistic

poplar breeding

H. Schröder, Thünen Institute of Forest


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Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Curie

Session 3E: Ecology Moderator: Reinhart Ceulemans, University of Antwerp, Department of Biology, Belgium

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Methods for diagnosis of aspen sustainability O. Chernyshenko, State Forest University,

Moscow, Russia

09:20-09:50 Full LCA of poplar SRC considering environmental impacts

on a marginal SITE in Southwest Germany - (presented by J.-

P- Schnitzler)

J. Schweier, Albert-Ludwigs-University

Freiburg, Germany

09:50-10:10 Quantifying environmental impacts of poplar short-rotation

coppice on marginal land - summary results from the

PROBIOPA experiment

R. Grote, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,

Garmisch Pattenkirschen, Germany

10:10-10:30 Natural regeneration of black, hybrid and balsam poplars in

the landscape

H. Liesebach, Thünen-Institute of Forest



Session 4E: Production Moderator: Ann Christin Rönnberg-Wastljung, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Resource potential of aspen in Russia A. Tsarev, Petrozavodsk State University,

Russia

09:20-09:50 Growth potential of first generation hybrid aspen plantations

in southern Finland

E. Beuker, Natural Resources Institute

Finland, Punkaharju, Finland

09:50-10:10 Biomass productivity and mutual relations between tree

growth and soil nutrient status in short-rotation hybrid aspen

plantations in hemiboreal Estonia

R. Lutter, Institute of Forestry and Rural

Engineering, Estonian University of Life

Sciences, Tartu, Estonia

10:10-10:30 New clones will let farmers to increase variability and

sustainability of poplar plantation in Argentina

S. Cortizo, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología

Agropecuaria, Campana, Argentina

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Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall Session 5E: Energy

Moderator: Andrea Polle, Forstbotanik und Baumphysiologie Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Efficient harvest and storage of wood chips from poplar in

practice

R. Pecenka, Leibniz Institute for Agricultural

Engineering Potsdam-Bornim (ATB),

Germany

09:20-09:50 Post-harvesting emissions of CO2 and biogenic hydrocarbons

from woodchips produced by a poplar short-rotation coppice

A. Ghirardo, Helmholtz Zentrum München,

Research Unit Environmental Simulation,

Germany

09:50-10:10 Poplar short rotation coppice grown in marginal environments

of southern Italy

G. Facciotto, Consiglio per la Ricerca in

Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria

(CREA), Casale Monferrato (AL), Italy

10:10-10:30 New poplar genotypes for short rotation biomass plantations

in the Mediterranean environment: productivity and quality of

biomass for biorefinery - (Presented by P. Paris)

M. Sabatti, CNR-Istituto di Biologia

Agroambientale e Forestale (IBAF), Viterbo,

Italy


Session 6E: Special Applications Moderator: Ian McIvor, Plant & Food Research, New Zealand

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Lead Tolerance of Populus alba and Populus nigra Clones

Inoculated with Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Relation to

Physiological Parameters

A. Salehi, Poplar & Fast Growing Trees

Research Group, Research Institute of Forests

and Rangelands Tehran, Iran

09:20-09:50 Study of transporters of HMA and NRAMP family in wild

type and transgenic line (35S::aqua1) of Populus alba stressed

with cadmium

A. Neri, Institute of Life Sciences – Scuola

Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

09:50-10:10 The responses of different sources of low-molecular-weight

organic carbon (LMWOC) on soil nitrogen (N) transformation

in three plantations

X. Yening, Nanjing Forestry University,

China

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10:10-10:30 Ovicidal and larvicidal in vitro activity of eight Salix clone

extracts against a pure strain of Heamonchus contortus

J. Schapiro, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología

Agropecuaria, Campana, Argentina


Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Zuse Hall (Basement)

11:00-12:30 Poster presentation Authors of Posters

12:30-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-17:30 BUSINESS MEETINGS OF WORKING PARTIES Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall

Session 1F: Domestication and conservation of genetic resources

Venue: Forum Adlershof, Room Melli Beese Session 2F: Plant health, resilience to threats and climate change

Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall

Session 3F: Sustainable livelihoods, land-use, products & bioenergy

Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Hertz Session 4F: Environmental and ecosystem services

Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Terrace or Basement Session 5F: Taxonomy, nomenclature and registration

Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Curie Session 6F: Policy, communication and outreach

Venue: Adlershof Convention Center, Room Pasteur

15:00-18:00 General Assembly of the European Poplar Association (ProPopulus)

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17:30 END OF DAILY SESSIONS

PLENARY SESSIONS and CLOSING CEREMONY

FRIDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER VENUE: Adlershof Convention Center, Bunsen Hall

Plenary Session IV

Moderator: Bernard Mourlan, European Poplar Association (ProPopulus), France

TIME TITLE AUTHOR

09:00-09:20 Engineered wood products based on poplar and willow wood Joris van Acker, Ghent University, Belgium

09:20-09:50 Trends and perspectives in poplar and willow cultivation – a

global synthesis of national progress reports

Jim Carle, JB Carle & Associates Consulting

firm, New Zealand

09:50-10:10 Global and regional market trends for poplar products -

(presented by Walter Kollert)

Arvydas Lebedys, Forestry Officer

(Statistics), FAO-HQ, FAO

10:10-10:30 Poplars and willows: a photo library Jim Richardson, Poplar and Willow Council

of Canada, Canada, and Jud Isebrands,

Environmental Forestry Consultants LLC,

USA


11.00-11.05 Presentation of the Salicaceae Symposium, 2017, Talca, Chile Jaime Venegas, Chile

WORKING PARTY REPORTS, Bunsen Hall Moderator: Martin Weih, Chairman of the IPC, Sweden

TIME EVENT AUTHOR

11:00-11:15 Taxonomy, Nomenclature and Registration WP1, Julia Kuzovkina

11:15-11:30 Domestication and Conservation of Genetic Resources WP2, Sasa Orlovic

11:30-11:45 Plant Health, Resilience to Threats and Climate Change WP3, Mauritz Ramstedt

11:45-12:00 Sustainable Livelihoods, Land-use, Products and Bioenergy WP4, Joris Van Acker

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12:00-12:15 Environmental and Ecosystem Services WP5, Sharon L Doty

12:15-12:30 Policy, Communication and Outreach WP6, Barb Thomas

12:30–14:00 - Lunch break

CLOSING CEREMONY, Bunsen Hall

Moderator: Joris van Acker, Ghent University, Belgium

14:00 -14:30 Best Posters Award Sven de Vries, Alterra, Wageningen

University, the Netherlands

14:30-15:00 Election results

1. Vote on the proposed IPC-reform

2. Composition of the new Executive Committee

Martin Weih, Chairman of the International

Poplar Commission, Sweden

15:00-15:30 Closing remarks Georg von Wühlisch, Thünen-Institute of

Forest Genetics, Germany

Closing speech Walter Kollert, Secretary of the International

Poplar Commission, FAO, Italy

END OF THE 25th IPC-Session 15:30-16:00 - Afternoon break

Venue: Forum Adlershof, Hans Grade Hall 16:00-17:00 Informal meeting of the new Executive Committee

17:00 Departure for post-conference tours

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ANNEX III List of Participants

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION

ARGENTINA

Fabio German ACHINELLI Ing. Forestal, Associate Professor

Course of Silviculture

Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias y Forestales,

(UNLP) Calle 28 No. 1720 (1900)

La Plata, Buenos Aires

Tel. : (54-9221) 5225578

Correo electrónico: [email protected];

[email protected]

Edgardo CASAUBÓN Ingeniero Agrónomo

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

(INTA)

Rio Paraná de las Palmas 2804

Campana, Buenos Aires

Tel: (54-3489) 460075/76

Correo electrónico:

[email protected]

(Sra.) Silvia CORTIZO E.E.A. Delta del Paraná INTA

Facultad de Agronomía

Universidad de Buenos Aires

CC 14 2804

Buenos Aires

Tel: (54-911) 50605009

Correo electrónico: [email protected];

[email protected]

(Sra) Mirta ROSA LARRIEU

Ingeniera Agrónoma, Directora de Producción

Forestal

Presidenta Nacional de IPC

Ministerio de Agroindustría

Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Forestal Industrial

Paseo Colón 982, Anexo Jardín

Buenos Aires

Tel. (54-11) 3436169

Cell.: (54-911) 63005197

E-mails: [email protected] or

[email protected]

(Sra.) Virginia M. LÜQUEZ

INFIVE (UNLP-CONICET)

Diagonal 113 No. 495

1900 La Plata

Tel.: (54-221) 4236618

Correo electrónico: [email protected]

Maria Silvana MONTEVERDE

INTA/Universidad de Concepción de Uruguay

Antuso 1236

Entredíos CP3260

Tel.: (54-03442) 15471340

E-mail: [email protected];

[email protected]

(Sra.) María Emilia RODRÍGUEZ

Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal, INFIVE,

CONICET, UNLP

Diagonal 113, No. 495, CC 327

1900 La Plata

Tel. : (54-221) 4236618

Correo electrónico: [email protected]

Esteban Ricardo THOMAS

Evaluation of Improved Willows in North

Patagonia

Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria

(INTA)

Juan XXIII 2080

8300 Neuquen

Tel.: (54 0299) 156321279

Correo electrónico:

[email protected]

BELGIUM

Reinhart CEULEMANS University of Antwerp

Centre d’Excellence PLECO

Department of Biology

Universiteteitsplein 1

B-2610 Wilrisk

Tel.: (32-3) 2652256

E-mail: [email protected]














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(Ms) Marijke STEENACKERS

Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO)

Gaverstraat 4

B-9500 Geraardsbergen

Tel: (32) 477473648


Joris VAN ACKER Laboratory of Wood Technology

Ghent University

Coupure Links 653

B-9000 Ghent

Belgium

Tel.: (32-9)2646233


Stefan VANBEVEREN University of Antwerp

Centre of Excellence Pleco

Department of Biology

Universiteitplein 1

B-2610 Wilrisk

Tel. : (32-3) 2542349


BULGARIA

Antoanet ANTONOV

State Forest Enterprise

18 Nove str.

5250 Svishtov

Tel.: (359) 886667072


(Ms) Albena BOBEVA Executive Forest Agency

Sofia 1040

Hristo Botev 55

Tel.: (359) 2 9045356


[email protected]

Ivaylo N. TSVETKOV Forest Research Institute

132 Kliment Ohridski Bld.

Sofia 1756

Tel.: (359) 887500519

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

(Ms) Ilka YONOVSKA State Forest Enterprise

18 Nove str.

5250 Svishtov

Tel.:(359) 885167179


CANADA

John J. DOORNBOS Manager, Operational Programs

Natural Resources Canada

8815-188 St NW

Edmonton, Alberta T5T 5Z8

Tel.: (1-780)4357318


Ahmed KOUBAA

Professor, Université du Québec en Abitibi-

Témiscamingue

Département des sciences appliquées

Chaire de recherche du Canada en valorisation,

caractérisation et transformation du bois

445 Bld. de l’Université

Rouyn-Noranda Québec J9X 5E4

Tel. : (1-819) 7620971

E-mail : [email protected]

Richard KRYGIER Research Project Leader

Natural Resources Canada

Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry

Centre

5320 – 122 St NW

Edmonton, Alberta T6H 3S5

Tel.: (1-780) 4357286


Jim RICHARDSON

J. Richardson Consulting

Poplar and Willow Council of Canada

1876 Saunderson Drive

Ottawa, Ontario K1G 2C5

Tel: (+1-613) 7398354


Raju SOOLANAYAKANAHALLY Research Scientist

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

107 Science Place

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0X2

Telephone: (+1-306) 3859585

Fax: (1-306) 3859585

















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(Ms) Barbara THOMAS Associate Professor, University of Alberta

NSERC/Industry Research Chair in Tree

Improvement

442 Earth Sciences Building

Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2E3

Tel.: (1-780) 492-8016


Cees VAN OOSTEN

Poplar and Willow Council of Canada

2356 York Crescent

Nanaimo, British Columbia

Canada, V9T 4N3

Tel.: (1-250) 7584789


CHILE

Jaime VENEGAS

Gerente, Compañía Agrícola y Forestal El

Álamo

Ruta 5 Sur, km. 333

Parral

Tel.: (56-9) 95496660


CHINA

Junfeng FAN Northwest A&F University

Taicheng Road 3

712100 Yangling, Shaanxi Province

Tel.: (86-1360) 9259021

E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]

Xudong HE Jiangsu Academy of Forestry

109 Ningdan Road

211153 Nanjing

Mobile: (86-1360) 9259021


Jianjun HU

Professor

Research Institute of Forestry

Chinese Academy of Forestry

Wan Shou Shan

Beijing 100091

Tel.: (86-10) 62888862


Chao LIU Beijing Forestry University

No. 35 Qinghua East, Haidian District

100083 Beijing

Tel.: (86-138) 10437934


Meng-Zhu LU Professor, Research Institute of Forestry

Chinese Academy of Forestry

Wan Shou Shan

Beijing 100091

Tel: (86-10) 62889606

Fax: (86-10) 62872015


(Mrs.) Yan MA Jinling Institute of Technology

103 Heyan Road

210038 Nanjing


Baosong WANG Jiangsu Academy of Forestry

109 Ningdan Road

211153 Nanjing


Jun WANG Beijing Forestry University

No. 35, Tsinghua East Road, Haidian District

100083 Beijing

Tel: (86-10)


Qingsheng WANG Jiangsu Academy of Forestry

109 Ningdan Road

211153 Nanjing


Xinli XIA

College of Biological Sciences and

Biotechnology

Beijing Forestry University

No. 35, Tsinghua East Road, Haidian District

Beijing 100083

Tel: (86-135) 81919075

















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MinSheng YANG College of Forestry

Agriculture University of Hebei

No. 289 Lingyusi S

71000 Baoding, Hebei Province

Tel.: (86-13) 931285875


Weilun YIN

Key Laboratory of Silviculture and

Conservation

Beijing Forestry University

Poplar Committee of China

No. 35, Qinghua East Road, Haidian District

Beijing 100083

Tel: (86-13) 910678650


(Ms) Jie ZHOU Jiangsu Academy Of Forestry

109 Ningdan Road

2111153 Nanjing

Tel.: (86- )


CROATIA

Davorin KAJBA Faculty of Forestry

University of Zagreb

Svetosimunska 25 – PO Box 422

10 000 Zagreb

Tel: (385-1) 2352523

Fax : (385-1) 2352505


CZECHIA

Jan WEGER Silva Tarouca Research Institute for Landscape

and Ornamental Gardening

Kvĕnové nám 391

25243 Průhonice

Mobile: (42) 296528327


EGYPT

(Ms.) Sara HASSAN Student

Tuscia University

Viterbo, Italy

Tel.: (39-329) 2627219


FINLAND

Egbert BEUKER Senior Researcher

Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

Finlandiantie 18

FI-58450 Punkaharju

Tel. : (358) 295324223


FRANCE

(Mme) Catherine BASTIEN Institut national de la recherche agronomique

(INRA)

Unité d’amélioration génétique et physiologie

des arbres forestiers

2163 avenue de la Pomme de Pin

CS40001 Ardon

F45075 Orléans Cedex

Tel.: (33-2) 38417829

Fax: (33-2) 38417879


Prof. Rémy MARCHAL CIRAD

73 rue Jean François Breton

34398 Montpellier Cedex 5

Tel. : (33-46) 7615981

Courriel : [email protected]

Bernard MOURLAN Président, Pro-Populus, Chambre du Peuplier

« Roustaud » Thivras

47200 Marmande

Tel. : (33-673) 654266


GERMANY

Peter BLESER

Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal

Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Berlin











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(Ms) Caroline BRAUER

FNR, Hofplatz 1

18276 Gülzow

Tel.: (49-3843-6930147)


Marie BRÜCKNER Master of Science

Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst

Bonnewitzer Str. 34

01796 Pirna OT Graupa

Tel.: (49-03501) 542175


Tobias BRÜGMAN Thünen Institute for Forest Genetics

Sieker Landstrasse

22927 Großhansdorf

Tel.: (49-04102) 696200


Ben BUBNER

Thünen Institute for Forest Genetics

Eberswalder Chaussee 3A

15377 Waldsieversdorf

Tel.: (49-33433) 157150


Frank BURGER Bavarian State Institute for Forestry

Hans-von-Carlowitz Platz 1

85354 Freising

Tel.: (49-08161) 715126


(Ms) Christin CARL Fachhochschule Erfurt

Am Wolfsbrunnen 3

99094 Erfurt


(Ms) María Carmen DACASA RÜDINGER Sachsenforst

Bonnewitzer Str. 34



Bernd DEGEN Thünen-Institut for Forest Genetics

Sieker Landstrasse 2

22927 Grosshansdorf


Matthias DIETER Thünen-Institut fűr Internationale

Waldwirtschaft und Forstökonomie

Leuschnerstrasse 91

21031 Hamburg Berzedorf

Tel.: (49-40) 73962300


Jens-Gerrit EISFELD

PAP(P)ILLON GmbH

Dorfstr. 38

01945 Tettan

Tel.: (49-2762) 3772376


Hans-Georg von ENGELBRECHTEN

Agraligna GmbH

Zur Kirche 1

39576 Stendal

Tel.: (49-178) 7143724


(Ms) Dejuan EURING Göttingen University

Büsgenweg 2

37077 Göttingen

Tel.: (49-0551) 399746


Matthias FLADUNG

Thünen-Institute

Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas,

Forestry and Fisheries

Forest Genetics


D-22927 Grosshansdorf

Tel: (49-4102) 107


Achim FORSTER Spanische Allee 42

14129 Berlin

Tel.: (49-30) 8016993


Torsten GABRIEL

FNR

Hofplatz 1

18276 Gülzow

Tel.: (49-3843) 6930117

















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Richard GEORGI Technische Universität Dresden

Professorship of Forest Protection

Pienner Str. 8

1737 Tharandt

Tel.: (49-352031)3831623


Andrea GHIRARDO Helmholtz Zentrum München GmbH

Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1

München

Tel. : (49-0274) 1793262

E-mail :

[email protected]

Daniel GLAS

Bayerisches Amt für Forstliche Saat-und

Pflanzenzucht

Forstamtsplatz 1

83317 Teisendorf


Rüdiger GROTE Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Institute of Meteorology and Climate

Research, Atmospheric Environmental

Research (IMK-IFU)

Kreuzeckbahnstr. 19

82467 Garmisch-Pattenkirschen

Tel.: (49-08821) 183424


Jan GRUNDMANN Energy Crops GmbH

Überseering 12

22926 Hamburg


Hans HÖNICKA Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics


22927 Grosshansdorf

Tel. (49-4102) 696160


Martin HOFMANN Northwest German Research Institute

Abtellung Waldgenressourcen

Prof. Oelkers Str.

34346 Hann. Münden

Tel.: (49-05541) 700421


Wolfgang HÜLLER

Sachsenforst

Bonnewitzer Str. 3

1796 Pima OT Graupa


(Ms) Susanne IOST

Leuphana University Lűneburg

Scharnhoostr. 1

Lüneburg


Alwin JANSSEN Nordestdeutsche Forstisliche Versuchsanstalt –

Abt Waldgenressourcen

Prof. Oelkers Strasse

34346 Hann. Münden


(Ms) Marianne KADOLSKY Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst

Bonnewitzer Str. 34

01796 Pirna

Tel.: (49-3501) 542244


(Ms) Birgit KERSTEN Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics


22927 Grosshansdorf

Tel.: (49-04102) 696105


(Ms) Anja KÖGLER Technische Universität Dresden

Institut für Botanik, Zell-und

Molekularbiologie der Pflanzen

Zellescher Weg 20

01062 Dresden

Tel.: (49-351) 46339575


(Ms) Anna KRAFT Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Invalidenstrasse 42

10415 Berlin

Tel.:(49-30) 80938626


Wolfram KUDLICH

WALD 21 GmbH

Friedrich Ebos Str. 13

97215 Uffenheim

Tel.: (49-9842) 3929453

















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Lars KUMMERT

FNR

Hofplatz 1

18276 Gülzow


Dirk LANDGRAF University of Applied Sciences Erfurt

Leipziger Str. 77

99085 Erfurt

Tel.: (49-361) 6700295


(Ms) Heike LIESEBACH

Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics


22927 Grosshansdorf

Tel.: (49-4102) 696158


Mirko LIESEBACH Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics


22927 Grosshansdorf

Tel.: (49-4102) 696156


(Ms) Julia LIST Amt für Forstliche Saat-und Pflanzenzucht

Forstamtsplatz 1

83317 Teisendorf


(Ms) Karoline MANTHE Erfurt University of Applied Sciences

Leipziger Str. 77

99085 Erfurt

Tel.: (49-01731) 1678579


(Ms) Heike MARKUS-MICHALCZYK\

University of Hamburg

Ohnhorstrasse 18

22609 Hamburg

Tel.: (49-40) 7121510

E-mail: heike.markus-michalczyk@uni-

hamburg.de

(Ms) Anne MERGNER

FNR

Hofplatz 1

18276 Gülzow


Matthias MEYER TU Dresden

Pienner Strasse 7

1737 Tharandt

Tel.:


(Ms) Jaconette MIRCK BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg Lehrstuhl fúr

Bodenschutz und Rekultivierung

Konrad Wachsman


(Ms) Kristin MORGENSTERN Technische Universität Dresden

Institute of Forest Botany

Pienner Strasse 7

01737 Tharandt

Tel.: (49-035203) 3831836


Clemens NEUMANN Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Wilhelm Str. 54

10117 Berlin

Tel.: (49-30) 185293106


Ralf PECENKA Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering

Max-Eyth Allee 100

14469 Postdam

Tel.: (49-331) 5689312


(Ms) Andrea POLLE Forstbotanik und Baumphysiologie

Georg-August Universität Göttingen

Büsgenweg 2

37077 Göttingen


(Ms) Julianne RASCHKE Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

Invalidenstrasse 42

10415 Berlin

Tel.:(49-30) 20938458


(Ms) Jessica REBOLA LICHTENBERG Georg-August University of Göttingen

Büsgenweg 1

37077 Göttingen


goettingen.de



















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(Ms) Manja REUTER

Leibniz-Institut für Agrartechnik und

Bioökonomie e.V. (ATB)

(Ms) Viktoria ROHDE Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology

Joseph-von-Fraunhofer Str. 7

76327 Pfinztal

Tel.: (49-721) 4640826


(Mrs) Anja ROSKE-SIEVERT FNR

Hofplatz 1

18276 Gülzow


Randolf SCHIRMER Bavarian Office of Forest Seeding and Planting

(ASP)

Forstamtsplatz 1

83317 Teisendorf

Tel.: (49-8666) 988326


[email protected]

Detlef SCHMIEDL

Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology

Joseph von Fraunhofer Str. 7

D-76327 Pfinzial

Tel.: (49-721) 4640747


Volker SCHNECK


Eberswalder Ch. 3

15377 Waldsieversdorf

Tel.: (49-0) 33433 157179

E-mail: [email protected]*Joerg

J.P.SCHNIKLE Helmholtz Zentrum München

Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1

85764 Neuherberg

Tel.: (49-89) 31872413


(Ms) Hilke SCHRÖDER Thünen Institute of Forest Genetics


22927 Grosshansdorf

Tel.: (49-04102) 696148


Stefan SCHÜTZ Professor, Georg-August University

Forest Zoology and Forest Conservation

Büsgenweg

37077 Göttingen

Tel.: (49-0551) 3933601


(Ms) Susann SKALDA Biomasse Schraden e V.

Dr.-Karl-Eduard-Zacharie-von-Lingenthal-Str.

01990 Großkmehlen


(Ms) Anna Dorothea STEINHAUSER Bundesministerium fur Ernährung und

Landwirtschaft

Wilhelm Str. 54

10117 Berlin

Tel.: (49-228) 995294334


Christof STIEHM Northwest German Research Forest Institute

Department of Forest Genetic Resources

Prof. Oelkers Str. 6

34346 Hann. Münden

Tel.: (49-055) 41700462


Konstantin STRAUB

Unique Forestry and Land Use GmbH

Schnewlinstr. 10

79098 Freiburg

Tel.: (49-761) 208534 – 25


Felix VON RIESS Energy Crops GmbH

Berlin


Mr. Georg VON WÜHLISCH


Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas,

Forestry and Fisheries


22927 Grosshansdorf

Tel.: (49-4102) 696106

E-mail: (49-4102) 696200







mailto:[email protected]*Joerg











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Pavol VYHLIDAL Paulownia Baumschule

Pertisau Strasse 26

81671 München

Tel.: (49-0176) 61003946


Michael WEITZ

Lignovis GmbH

122587 Hamburg

Tel. : (49-178) 1447774


(Ms) Madlen WALTHER Humboldt Universität Berlin

Invaliden Str. 42

10115 Berlin

Tel.: (49-03301) 20938626


Michael WILD Federal Office of Agriculture and Food

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und

Ermährung (BLE)

Deichmanns Aue 29

53179 Bonn

Tel.: (49-228) 68453671


Heino WOLF Staatsbetrieb Sachsenforst

Bonnewitzer Str. 34


Tel.: (49-3501) 542220


HUNGARY

Attila BENKE National Agricultural Research and Innovation

Centre

Varverület Street

Boja Sarvaz H-9600

Tel.: (95-3630) 4574413


Attila BOROVICS National Agricultural Research and Innovation

Centre

Varverület Street

Boja Sarvar H-9600

Tel.: (95-3630) 320070


INDIA

(Ms) Nivi ABRAHAM

North Dakota State University

NDSU Department

P.O. Box 6050

230 University Village

58108-6050 Fargo (ND)

Tel.: (1-630) 4077294


Gulshan AHUJA Managing Director

Forest Development Corporation Ltd.

624, Sector 6

Panchkula

Tel.: (91-89) 68633774


Kulvir Singh BANGARWA Professor

CCS Haryana Agricultural University

Department of Forestry

Hisar 125004, Haryana

Tel: (91-1662) 243641

Fax: (91-1662) 234952


Ramesh Chand DHIMAN Wimco Seedlings Limited

R&D Complex, Kashipur Road, P.O. Box 4

Bogwala Rudrapur, Uttaranchal

Tel: (91-992) 7042364


Sajad Ahmad GANGOO

Faculty of Forestry

SK University of Agricultural Sciences and

Technology of Kashmir

F.O.F., Benhama, Grandersal JK-191201

Tel.: (91-94) 9076319; 19076319


Praveen Kumar GUPTA Forest Research Institute

Indian Council of Forestry Research and

Education

New Forest

248006 Dehradun















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Mohammed Sayed HAQUE

Ex-Head of Forestry

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (NABARD)

304 Dhruv Apartm., Ashnagar Kandivili (E)

400101 Mumbai

Tel.: (91-7208) 556639


Dinesh KUMAR

Scientist, Forest Research Institute

Silviculture Division

P.O. New Forest

Dehradun 248006

Tel.: (91-94111) 73576 or (91-135) 2224610

E/mail: [email protected]

(Mrs) Rashmi SEHRAWAT Scientist, Forest Research Institute

248006 Dehradun


Surendra Kumar SHARMA

Carman School, Environmental Education

Dehradun 248007

Tel: (91-135) 2773301


(Mrs) Chhavi SIROHI CCS Haryana Agricultural University

Department of Forest

125004 Hisar


K.B. SRIDHAR ICAR – Central Agroforestry Research

Institute

Gwalior Road

284003 Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh

Tel.:


(Mrs) Anubha SRIVASTAV Centre for Social Forestry and Eco-

rehabilitation

3/1 Lajpat Rai Road

211002 Allahabad


(Mrs) Anita TOMAR ICFRE

3/1 Lajpat Rai Road

211002 Allahabad

Tel.: (91-0941) 2102281


IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)

Farhad ASADI

Division of Poplar and Fast Growing Trees

Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands

P.O. Box 13185-116

Tehran


or [email protected]

Abbas EBRAHIMI Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands

Farjam

Tehran


Abbas GHAMARI ZARE


P.O. Box 13185-116

Tehran

Tel.: (9821) 44787280

Fax: (9821) 44787223

Mobile: (98-912) 1859738


Adeli KAMRAN Lorestan University

Faculty of Natural Resources

5 Kam Road of Ahvaz

Khoorramābād

Tel.: (98-916) 367 5283


Pejman PARHIZKAR Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands

National Botanical Garden Blv.

Tehran Karj Highway

Tehran

Tel.: (98-21) 44878220


(Mrs) Azadeh SALEHI


National Botanical Garden Blv.

Tehran Karj Highway

Tehran

Tel.: (98-912) 8355662

















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ITALY

Enrico ALLASIA Biopoplar S.r.l.

Località S. Isidoro 97

12030 Cavallermaggiore (CN)

Tel.: (39-0761) 820210


Naldo ANSELMI

Dipartimento di Innovazione in Biologia,

Agroalimentare e Sistemi Forestali (DIBAF)

Università degli Studi della Tuscia

Via S. Camillo de Lellis

01100 Viterbo

Tel: (+39-0761) 357462

E-mail: anselmicasa.live.it

Stefano BISOFFI

Dirigente generale

Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e

l’analisi dell’economia agraria

Via Po 14

00198 Roma

Tel: (39-06) 47836511

Mobile: +39 3484057484


Valerio CRESCENZO Biopoplar Sr.l.

Corso Francia 248

Collello (Torino)

Tel.: (39) 3474919347


Gianni FACCIOTTO CREA, Intensive Wood Production Outside

Forests

Strada Frassineto 35

15033 Casale Monferrato (AL)

Tel: (39-0142) 330900

Fax: (39-0142) 55580


Pietro GASPARRI Dirigente, Ministero Politiche Agricole

Via XX Settembre 20

00174 Rome

Tel.: (39-06) 46655154


Andrea NERI Institute of Life Sciences

Sant’Anna University

Piazza Martiri della Libertà, 33

56127 Pisa

Tel.: (39) 3297252297


Giuseppe NERVO

Director

CREA, Unità di Ricerca per le Produzioni

Legnose Fuori Foreste

Strada Frassineto 35

15033 Casale Monferrato (AL)

Tel: (39-0142) 330900


Pierluigi PARIS

Researcher, CNR-IBAF

Via G. Marconi 2

05018 Orvieto

Tel.: (39-0763) 374901


(Ms) Erika PIERATTINI Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

Piazza Martiri della Libertá 33

56127 Pisa


Giuseppe PIGNATTI

Researcher

Council for Agricultural Research and

Economics (CREA)

Research Unit for Intensive Wood Production

Via Valle della Quistione, 27

00166 Rome

Tel.: (39-06) 6157101 / 61571030


Luca SEBASTIANI Institute of Life Sciences

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33

56127 Pisa

Tel.: (39 050) 883070


Silvia TRAVERSARI Institute of Life Sciences

Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies

Piazza Martiri della Libertà 33

56127 Pisa

Tel.: (39-050) 883466















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Stefano VERANI Researcher

Council for Agricultural Research and

Economics (CREA)

Research Unit for Intensive Wood Production

Via Valle della Quistione, 27

00166 Rome

Tel.: (39-06) 6157101 / 61571030


JAPAN

Satoshi KITA Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.

3-2, Midorigashara, Tsukuba-shi

Iharaki, 300 2646

Tel.: (81-29) 8470150


NETHERLANDS

Paul COPINI Wageningen Enironmental Research

NL 6700 AA Wageningen

P.O. Box 47

NL-6700AA Wageningen

Tel : (31-317) 486355


Sven M.G. DE VRIES

Project Leader

Wageningen University and Research

P.O. Box 47

NL 6700 AA Wageningen

Tel : (31-317) 485437


Jitze KOPINGA Kopinga Boomadvies

Churchillweg 41

6707JB Wageningen

Tel.:(31-06) 38188723


NEW ZEALAND

Trevor JONES Plant and Food Research

Batchelar Road

Palmerston North 4442

Tel.: (64-6) 9537690


Ian McIVOR Plant and Food Research

Private Bag 11600

Palmerston North 4442

Tel : (64-6) 9537673


John TURLAND

IFIM Consulting Ltd.

P.O. Box 425

7940 Timaru


REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Jun-Won KANG Research Scientist, National Institute of Forest

Science

39 Onjeong-ro, Guonseon-gu

Suwon 16631

Tel.: (82-31) 2901116 / 2901009


Eui Rae NOH

Chairman, National Poplar Commission

National Institute of Forest Science

39 Onjeong-ro, Guonseon-gu

Suwon 16631

Tel.: (82-31) 37612512


ROMANIA

Cezar Ionut MATEI Romsilva – National Forest Administration

Tulcea Branch

Isaccei Street No. 25

820166 Tulcea

Tel. : (40-748) 276886


(Mrs) Georgeta MIHAI

National Institute for Research and

Development in Forestry “Marin Dracea”

Eroilor 128

Bucharest

Tel.: (40-21) 3503238














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Costel PETCU Romsilva – National Forest Administration

Tulcea Branch

Isaccei Street No. 25

820166 Tulcea

Tel. : (40-748) 276848


SLOVENIA (REPUBLIC OF) Gregor BOZIC

Slovenian Forestry Institute

Vecna pot 2

1000 Ljubljana

Tel.: (386) 31674545


SPAIN

D. Gregorio CHAMORRO GARCÍA Jefe de Área de Programas Forestales

Subdirección General de Silvicultura y Montes

Secretario de la Comisión Nacional del Chopo

Ministerio de Agricultura, Alimentación y

Medio Ambiente

Gran Via San Francisco 4

28005 Madrid

Tel.: (34-91) 3475894


Pedro GARNICA Industrial, Garnica Plywood

P. San Miguel, 10 bajo

Logroño, La Rioja

Tel.: (34-69) 9771263


(Sra) Angélica GONZÁLEZ MARTIN Tel.: (34) 680139253


(Sra) Nerea de OLIVEIRA Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agraria y

Alimentaria (INIA)

Crta. de la Coruña km 7,5,

28040 Madrid


(Sra) Hortensia SIXTO

INIA-CIFOR

Crta. de la Coruña km 7,5,

28040 Madrid,


SWEDEN

(Ms) Carolyn GLYNN

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Department of Crop Production

Box 7045, Ullsvág 16

SE 75007 Uppsala

Tel.: (46-706) 283087


Birger HJELM Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

(SLU)

Department of Crop Production Ecology

Box 7043

75007 Uppsala

Tel.: (46-760) 671871

Stefanie HÖBER Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Box 7043, Ullsväg 16

SE 75007 Uppsala

Tel.: (46-760) 919234


Almir KARACIC Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

(SLU), Department of Crop Production

Ecology

Box 7043

75007 Uppsala


Mauritz RAMSTEDT Associate Professor

Bioremed AB

Stensberg 81

SE-74892 Österbybruk

Tel.: (46-70) 4943010\E-mail:

[email protected]

(Ms) Ann Christin RÖNNBERG-

WÄSTLJUNG Associate Professor

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Department of Plant Biology

Box 7080

SE-75007 Uppsala

Tel.: (46-70) 1723927














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Lars RYTTER Associate Professor

The Forestry Research Institute (Skogforsk)

Ekebo 2250

SE-26890 Svalóv

Tel.: (46-70) 5600405


(Ms) Rose-Marie RYTTER Skogforsk/Rytter Science

Backavágen 16

268 68 Róstánga91292

Tel.: (46-0435)


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Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural

Sciences (SLU)


Ullsvag 16, P.O. Box 7043

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Tel: (+46-18) 672543


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Ulls vág 16

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Rural, Eaux et Forêts

Rue Hedi Karray, B.P. 10

2080 Ariana Tunis

Tel.: (216) 71230039


TURKEY

Cihan ATMACA

Head Engineer

Poplar and Fast-Growing Forest Trees

Research Institute

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Basiskele, Kocaeli

Tel.: (90-262) 3121135 - 312


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Poplar and Fast-Growing Forest Trees

Research Institute

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Tel.: (90-262) 3121135 - 3121137


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27695-8008 Raleigh (NC)


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School of Environmental and Forest Sciences

UW Box 352100

Seattle, Washington

Tel: (1-206) 6166255


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Research Forester

USDA Forest Service

Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research,

Southern Research Station

P.O. Box 227

Stoneville, Mississippi 38776

Tel.: (+1-662) 6863184 / 6863195


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North Carolina State University

Campus Box 8008

27695-8008 Raleigh (NC)

Tel.:














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Judson G. ISEBRANDS

Environmental Forestry Consultants, LLC

P.O. Box 54

New London, Wisconsin 54961

Tel: (+1-920) 5311007


Daniel JACOBSON Oak Ridge National Laboratory

180 Waterview Drive

37830 Oak Ridge (TN)


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1376 Stows Road

Stows CT 06269

Tel: (1-860) 4863438


Raymond O. MILLER Michigan State University

Forest Biomass Innovation Center

6005 J Road

Escanaba, Michigan 49829

Tel.: (1-906) 7861575


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1500 SW 1st Avenue, Suite 1150

Portland, OR 97201

Tel.: (1-971) 2704815


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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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37830 Oak Ridge (TN)

Tel.: (1-865) 5744591


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6383 Northwestern Drive

Rhinelander, WI 5450


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USDA Forest Service

Team Leader, Research Plant Genetist

Northern Research Station

Institute for Applied Ecosystem Studies

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FAO MEMBER NATIONS NOT MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION

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University of Sarajevo

Zagrebacka 20

71000 Sarajevo

Tel: (387-33) 812490


ESTONIA

Reimo LUTTER

Estonian University of Life Sciences

Departement of Silviculture

Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering

Kreutzwaldi 5

51014 Tartu

Tel.: (572) 50033063


ICELAND

(Ms) Johanna OLAFSDOTTIR

Forester, Icelandic Forest Service

Mógilsá

IS-116 Reykjavik

Tel.: (354) 6922240


Halldór SVERRISSON Plant Pathologist

Icelandic Forest Service

Mógilsá

IS-116 Reykjavik

Tel.: (354) 6943722


KYRGYZSTAN

Mairambek ALIEV Balykchy Forest Service

Department of Ecosystems and Protected

Areas

State Agency for Environment Protection and

Forestry

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Sustainable and Climate Sensitive Land-Use

for Economic Development in Central Asia

Deutsche Gesellschaft fűr Internationale

Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

22 Erkindik Ave.

720040 Bishkek

Tel.: (996) 770715588


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National Academy of Science

80-17 Kiev Str.

720015 Bishkek

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Mobile: (996-556) 660031


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Sustainable and Climate Sensitive Land-use

for Economic Development in Central Asia

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale

Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

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Department of Ecosystems and Protected

Areas, State Agency for Environment

Protection and Forestry

5, Abdrakhmanov Str.

Balykchy

Mobile Tel.: (996) 554306630


LATVIA

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Silava

Riga Street 111

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Latvian State Forest Research Institute

Silava

Riga Street 111

LV-2169 Salaspils

Mobile: (371) 26376045


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LSFRI “Silava”

Riga Street 111

Salaspils

Mobile: (371) 26229484


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A Gostauto 8-304

01108 Vilnius

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Calea Yesilor, 69

Chisinau

Tel.: (373) 060102396


PHILIPPINES (Ms) Nelly AGGANGAN National Institute of Molecular Biology and

Biotechnology

University of the Philippines Los Baños

College Laguna 4031

Tel.: (63-49) 53620563


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Research and Development Institute

Department of Science and Technology

Narra Street

College Forestry Campus

Laguna 4031

Tel.: (63-49) 5363630


RUSSIAN FEDERATION

(Ms) Oxana CHERNYSHENKO Moscow State Forest University

1-Institutskaya

141005 Mytischy, Moscow

Tel.: (7498) 6873885


[email protected]

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141005 1 Institutskaya

Mytischy, Moscow

Tel. : (7498) 6873885


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33 Lenin Avenue

Petrozavodsk

Karelia 185910

Tel: (7-473) 2539436; (8-960) 1356565


(Ms) Raissa TSAREVA

All-Russian Research Institute of Forest

Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology

105 Lomonosov Str.

Voronezh

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SERBIA

Sasa ORLOVIĆ Director

Institute of Lowland Forestry and Environment

Antona Cehova 13

21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Tel.:(381 21) 540 383

Fax: (381 21) 540 385


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University of Novi Sad

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(Ms) Natalia KUTSOKON Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic

Engineering NAS

148 Zabolotnogo Street

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Engineering NAS

148, vul. Acad. Zabolotnog

03143 Kiev

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OBSERVERS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL

ORGANIZATION

WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE (CGIAR/ICRAF)

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OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)

(Ms) Eva Ursula MÜLLER Director, Forestry Policy and Resources

Division

Forestry Department

Viale delle Terme di Caracalla

00153 Rome, Italy

Tel. : (+39-06)-57054628


Walter KOLLERT Secretary of the International Poplar

Commission (IPC)

Forestry Department


00153 Rome, Italy

Tel. : (+39-06)-57053834

Fax: . (+39-06-)57055137


Jim CARLE

Forestry Consultant

3 May Street, Mount Mauganui

Bay of Plenty

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Forestry Department


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Luca de PAOLI

Intern to the

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ANNEX IV - Abstracts submitted


TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION

ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED15

PLENARY (in alphabetical order by name)

Carle Jim - Trends and Perspectives in Poplar and Willow Cultivation – A Global Synthesis of

National Progess Reports

Cerrillo Teresa, Jorgelina Grande, Silvia Monteoliva, Virginia Lúquez, Araceli García, Celina

Braccini, Patricia Fernandez, Esteban Thomas, Ivana Amico, Ignacio Fosco, Fabio Achinelli,

Edgardo Casaubón and Raúl Villaverde - Advances in a Willow (Salix Spp) Breeding Programme

in Argentina for Different Wood Applications

Ceulemans Reinhart (+ POPFULL research team) - Bio-Energy from Poplar Biomass Under Short

Rotations: Full Greenhouse Gas Balance, Energy Balance and Environmental Life Cycle Analysis

Dhiman Ramesh Chand - Role of the Private Sector in Promoting the Culture of Poplar and Other

Fast-Growing Tree Species in India

Dieter Matthias - Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees - Renewable Resources for Future Green

Economies

Doty Sharon L., Zareen Khan, Andrew W. Sher, Mahsa Khorasani, Andrea Firrincieli, Mitch

Scott, Shyam Kandel, Pierre Joubert, Roger Bumgarner, Soo-Hyung Kim and Thomas H.

DeLuca - Importance of The Plant Microbiome for Growth, Health, and Stress Tolerance

Fladung Matthias -Plant Remodelling in Trees – Breeding Perspectives in Poplar

Grundmann Jan - SRC as Fuel Hedge

Isebrands J.G. and J. Richardson - Poplars and Willows: A Photo Library

Kollert Walter - The Reform of the International Poplar Commission (IPC) in the Light of Modern

Forest Policy Requirements

Kopinga Jitze - The Poplar in the Urban Environment – Experiences with Its Use and Usability in

The Netherlands

Lebedys Arvydas - Global and Regional Market Trends for Poplar Products

15 Copies of papers can be requested directly from authors.

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Pierattini Erika Carla , Alessandra Francini, Andrea Raffaelli and Luca Sebastiani -

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: Populus alba Phenotyping and Uptake

Van Acker Joris - Engineered Wood Products Based on Poplar/Willow Wood

Volk T.A., J.P Heavey, M.C. Negri, H. Ssegane, V. Dale, D. Daley and M.H. Eisenbies -

Incorporating Shrub Willow into Multifunctional Systems Using a Landscape Design Approach

Weih Martin - Sweden’s Quest for Renewable Resources – An Opportunity for Growing Poplars and

Willows?

1. WORKING PARTY ON TAXONOMY, NOMENCLATURE AND

REGISTRATION (in alphabetical order by name)

Guerra Fernando, Francisco Zamudio, Jorge Valdés and Cristian Espinosa - Development of an

Information Platform for Genomic Selection of Poplar Hybrids in Chile

Kajba Davorin, Dalibor Ballian , Marilena Idžojtić, Igor Poljak and Ivan Andrić -

Morphological Variability of Hairy and Typical European Black Poplar (Populus nigra L.)

Kuzovkina Yulia A. and Lorenzo Vietto - Registration of Populus and Salix Cultivars

Lazdina Dagnija, Martins Zeps, Ilze Veinberga, Agnese Gailite and Dainis Rungis -

Development and Registration of New Latvian Salix dasyclados and Populus x Woobsti Clones for

Multifuctional Use

2. WORKING PARTY ON DOMESTICATION AND CONSERVATION

OF GENETIC RESOURCES (in alphabetical order by name)

Ahuja M.R. - Next Generation Tree Biotechnology

Asadi F. and H. Mirzaie-Nodoushan – Comparison of Growth Behaviour of Populus caspica and

their Progenies in North of Iran

Brügmann Tobias and Matthias Fladung – Flowering Time Genes Influence Biomass Production

in Poplars

Bubner Ben, Volker Schneck, Matthias Zander, Jan Gloger and Christian Ulrichs - Breeding of

Multipurpose Willows on the Basis of Salix daphnoides, S. purpurea and S. pentandra

Calagari Mohsen - Investigation on Growth of F1 Hybrid Salix Seedlings in Experimental Field of

Karadj, Iran

Calagari Mohsen, H. Mirzaie Nodoushan and F. Asadi - Growth Characteristics of Populus

euphratica Seedlings from Superior Genotypes in Research Station of Karadj

Cerrillo Teresa - Breeding Willow Clones for Basket-Making in Argentina. First Results

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Dacasa Rüdinger María del Carmen, Marianne Kadolsky, Wolfgang Hüller, Heino Wolf, Anna

Kraft, Kurt Zoglauer - From a Cone into the Petri Dish and to the Field: About the Unsual Trip of

an Immature Seed

Demidova Natalia - Fast-Growing Poplars in the North of European Russia

Duan Hui, Xin Lu, Conglong Lian, Yi An, Weilun Yin and Xinli Xia - Genome-Wide Analysis of

Micro-RNA Responses to the Phytohormone Abscisic Acid in Populus euphratica

Efremova Nadia, Peter Welters, Guido Jach - Protoplast Fusion Based on Breeding of Sterile

Polyploids in Various Poplar Specie

Fladung Matthias - Improvement of the Inducible Activation Tagging Ac/Ds Transposon System by

Employing the Positive Selection Marker TMS2

Fladung Matthias - Plant Remodelling in Trees – Breeding Perspectives in Poplar

Gangoo S. A., Paray P. A., Masoodi. T. H. and Sofi P. A. - Production of New Clones of ‘Cricket

Bat Willow’ (Salix alba) for Fast Growth and Quality Timber

Ghamari Zare Abbas, Maeysam An sari, Lila Mirjani, Narjes Vahidi, Mohsen Kalagari,

Rafatolla Ghasemi and Alireza Modirrahmati - Reproduction of Populus Intersectional Hybrids by

Means of Ovule Microcultures

Gupta Sangeeta and Raman Nautiyal - Wood Quality Assessment of Clones of Populus deltoides

Developed by the Forest Research Institute, India, through Closed and Open Pollination

Hoenicka Hans - Fast Breeding of Poplars and Other Tree Species: Future Prospects and Biosafety

Concerns

Hoenicka Hans, Denise Lehnhardt, Valentina Briones, Ove Nilsson and Matthias Fladung - An

Early Flowering System Allows Reliable Induction of Fertile Flowers and Crossings in Juvenile

Poplar

Hofmann Martin and Alwin Janßen - Genetic Improvement of Poplar and Prospects for Poplar

Cultivation in Germany

Hu Jianjun, Pei Sun and Huixia Jia - SSR Based DNA Fingerprinting and Genetic Diversity

Analysis of 92 Poplar Cultivars in China

Kadolsky Marianne and Heino Wolf - Cultivation of Fast-Growing Hybrid Larch (Larix x

Eurolepis) Derived from Somatic Embryogenesis

Kahraman Filiz K, Cihan Atmaca, Huseyin Karatay, Teoman Kahraman and Yusuf Tastan - A

New Hybrid Clone for South Anatolia

Kahraman Teoman, Filiz Kahraman, Cihan Atmaca, Yusuf Tastan and Burcu Uzan - Selection

of Poplar Clones for Biomass Production

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Kajba Davorin and Ivan Andrić - Selection of White Willow (Salix alba L.) and Chinese Willow

(Salix matsudana Koidz.) for Biomass Production

Kersten Birgit, Patricia Faivre Rampant, Malte Mader, Marie-Christine Le Paslier, Rémi

Bounon, Aurélie Bérard, Cristina Vettori, Hilke Schroeder, Jean-Charles Leplé and Matthias

Fladung - Complete Genome Sequences of Populus tremula Chloroplast and Mitochondrion as New

Resources for Holistic Poplar Breeding

Kögler Anja, Kristin Morgenstern, Thomas Schmidt, Doris Krabel and Marie Brückner - ISAP

(Inter-Sine Amplified Polymorphism) – A Retrotransposon-Based Marker System for Identification

of Varieties, Clones and Accessions of Poplar Kumar Ashwani - Widening of Genetic Base of Populus deltoides in India Through Hybrid Clone

Development

Kutsokon N., Rudas V., Shinkaruk M., Lakhneko O., Morgun B. and Rashydov N. - Poplar

Genetic Transformation for Sustainable Growth in Short-Rotation Plantations

Liesebach Heike, Kristin Morgenstern, Doris Krabel and Matthias Meyer - Natural Regeneration

of Black, Hybrid and Balsam Poplars in the Landscape

Liesebach Heike, Kristina Ulrich and Dietrich Ewald – Triploid Poplars as a Potential for

Breeding Fast-Growing Trees

Liesebach Mirko and Volker Schneck - Improvement on Poplars of the Section Populus in

Germany

Lu Meng-Zhu, Li Zhang, Jin Zhang and Lijuan Wang - The Sweet Gene Family in Populus:

Evolution, Expression Patterns, and Contribution to Secondary Growth

Mihai Georgeta, Maria Dogaru, Ionel Mirancea and Paula Ivanov - New Genetic Resources of

Poplars in Romania in the Context of Climate Change

Miller Raymond O. and Bradford A. Bender - Sources of Variation in Hybrid Poplar Biomass

Production Throughout Michigan, USA

Miller Raymond O., Bradford A. Bender, Paul N.Irving and Kile T. Zuidema - Common Short-

Rotation Poplar Growth Patterns Observed in Ten Trials Over 18 Years in Michigan, USA

Monteverde María Silvana, Silvia Cortizo and Nora Abbiati - Poplar Breeding Programme in

Argentina: 2013 Comparative Clonal Trial Network Status

Navarro A., Balzarolo M., Vanbeveren, S. and Ceulemans R. - Transpiration and Water Relations

of Four Poplar Genotypes Under SRC

Neri Andrea, Alessandra Francini, Andrea Andreucci and Luca Sebastiani - Study of

Transporters of HMA and NRAMP Family in Wild Type and Transgenic Line (35s::Aqua1) of

Populus alba Stressed With Cadmium

Özel Halil Barış and Nebi Bilir - Genetic Variation in Growth Traits and Morphological

Characteristics of Black Poplar ((Populus nigra L.) Nursery Stage

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Polle Andrea, Shanty Paul and Henning Wildhagen - Intra-Specific Variation in Poplar Drought

Responses

Rönnberg-Wästljung Ann Christin, Berit Samils, Nils-Erik Nordh, Jan Stenlid and Martin

Weih - Towards a High and Sustainable Biomass Production: The Salix Molecular Breeding

Activities Programme (SAMBA)

Ropertz Johanna Ingeborg and Reiner Finkeldey - Transcriptome Analysis of Poplar Clones to

Understand Differences in their Genetic Performance in Mono and Mixed Stand with Black Locust

Schroeder Hilke and Matthias Fladung - Chloroplast and Mitochondrial SNP-Markers Support

Holistic Poplar Breeding

Soolanayakanahally Raju - Geo-Climatic Gradient Shapes Functional Trait Variations In Salix

eriocephala Thomas Esteban and Teresa Cerrillo – Evaluation of Improved Willows in North Patagonia,

Argentina

Tomar Anita - Conservation of Economically Valuable Under-Utilized Wild Mango -Spondias

pinnata

Tsareva Raisa P., Anatoly P. Tsarev, Vadim A. Tsarev and Olga V. Komarova - Survival and

Growth Analysis of Aspen Hybrid Families in the Central Chernozem Area of Russia Tschaplinski Timothy, Madhavi Martin, Sara Ellen Johnston, Will Rottmann and Maud

Hinchee - Metabolomic Responses of Down-Regulated P-Coumaroyl Quinate/Shikimate 3’-

Hydrolase (C3’h) and Cinnamate 4-Hydrolase (C4h) Genes in The Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway of

Eucalyptus urophylla x E. grandis with Reduced Recalcitrance

Wang Jun, Li Daili and Kang Xiang-yang - Production of Diploid Pollen in Populus by Heat-

Induced Depolymerization of Meiotic Microtubule Cytoskeletons Weger Jan, Jaroslav Bubeník, Dušan Reininger and Přemysl Fiala - Testing of Native Willows

for Short-Rotation Coppice on Agricultural Land

Weighill Deborah, Carissa Bleker, Gerald Tuskan, Wellington Muchero, Tim Tschaplinski and

Daniel Jacobson - Integrated SNP Correlation, Co-Expression and Genome-Wide Association

Networks for Populus trichocarpa. Pleiotropic and Epistatic Network-Based Discovery

Wolf Heino - Breeding of Fast-Growing Tree Species for Changing Environments

Zhou Jie, Jiwei Zheng, Baosong Wang and Xudong He - The Analysis of Gene Expression Profile

in Salix Under Salt Stress

3. WORKING PARTY ON PLANT HEALTH, RESILIENCE TO

THREATS AND CLIMATE CHANGE (in alphabetical order by name)

Abraham Nivi, Periasamy Chitrampalam, Pawel Borowicz, and Jared LeBoldus - A Histological

and Biochemical Comparison of Resistant and Susceptible Populus Genotypes Inoculated with Sphaerul

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Aggangan N.S., S.H. Han, YI Choi and E.W. Noh - Growth, Photosynthetic Pigments and Nutrient

Status of Ectomycorrhizal Non-Transgenic and Transgenic Populus alba x glandulosa

Aggangan N.S. and P.M. Rocamora - Arbuscular Mycorrhiza and NPK Fertilizer Interaction on

Acacia mangium Willd

Anselmi Naldo, Piero Paris, L. Tosi, M. Tarchi, P. Gothier and L. Mugnai - Plant Decline Etiology

in Poplar Short-Rotation Coppices

Bagwari Archana, Y.P. Singh, J. Kumar and R.C. Dhiman - Leaf Bioassay Against Curvularia sp.

Toxin for the Resistance Screening of Populus deltoides Germplasm

Caccia F.D., A.B. Guarnaschelli; J. Spinardi.; P. Vincent, A.M. Garau; T. Cerrillo and

S. C. Cortizo - Evaluation of Some Growth and Functional Responses of Salix Clones in Response to

Flooding

Chernyshenko Oxana, Denis Rumyantsev and Elena Sarapkina - Methods for Diagnosis of Aspen

Sustainability

Clara Manasa P.A., Ramakrishna Hegde, Abhiyu Singh and Amanulla, B.K.M - Biomass and

Carbon Stock in Plantations: Manipulation Through Genotype and Spacing

Dacasa Rüdinger María del Carmen - Drought Tolerance Variation of Hybrid Larch in Greenhouse

Experiments

Dhiman Ramesh Chand and J. N. Gandhi - Heat Injury to Freshly Planted Poplar Seedlings in

Nurseries

Fey-Wagner Christina and Alwin Janßen - Tolerance Characteristics of New Top Performing Black

and Balsam Poplars against Melampsora larici-populina Tested in Short-Rotation Coppices

Georgi Richard and Michael Müller - Importance and Management of the Red Poplar Leaf Beetle

(Chrysomela populi L.) in Short-Rotation Coppices (SRC): An Overview

Glynn Carolyn, Daniel A. Herms, Olof Widenfalk, Riitta Julkunen Tiitto and Ann Christin

Rönnberg-Wästljung - Mixed Strategies for Willow Defense - Resistance and Tolerance to Herbivory

Under Varying Nutrient Regimes

Guarnaschelli A.B., P. Pizzorno, J.P. Esposito, A.M. Garau and S. C. Cortizo - Growth and

Physiology of Salix Clones in Response to Drought and Rewatering

Kazic Marta and Stefan Schütz - The Power of Odors – How to Help Poplar Trees to Help

Themselves

Lazdina Dagnija, Ieva Bebre, Kristaps Makovskis, Toms Sarkanābols, Irēna Pučka and Julija

Konstantinaviciene - Results of Annual and Biannual Willow Clones Shoot Survival and Browsing

Intensity in the West and East Regions of Latvia

Manthe Karoline and Dirk Landgraf - Olfactory Navigation of Sawflies (Nematus Spec.) as a Device

for Hazard Analysis of Different Poplar Varieties in Short-Rotation Coppice

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Naharia K., S. Barthwal, U.S. Singh and Y.P.Singh - Could Pathogenicity Be Used as a Determining

Factor to Study Isolate Variation?

Parhizkar Pejman, Soudabe Korori, Farhang Moraghebi and Azadeh Yaghubian - Seasonal

Alteration of Peroxidase in Branch and Leaves of Eucalyptus viminalis

Parhizkar Pejman, Farhad Asadi, Mostafa Khoshnevis and Beitollah Amanzadeh - Asexual

Reproduction of Populus caspica Bornm. Stimulat of Cuttings in Northern Iran

Rawat Suman, Santan Barthwal, R.C. Dhiman and Y.P. Singh - Testing Pathogenicity of Sclerotium

rolfsii Causing Leaf Spot of Poplar

Rodríguez María Emilia, Guillermo Doffo, Teresa Cerrillo and Virginia Lúquez - Responses to

Different Levels of Flooding in Willows (Salix Spp)

Schapiro Javier, Edgardo Casaubón, Gabriel Morici, Adriana Salvat, Lucía Di Ciaccio, Teresa

Cerrillo, Ignacio Gamietea and Jorge Caracostantogolo - Ovicidal and Larvicidal In vitro Activity of

Eight Salix Clone Extracts Against a Pure Strain of Haemonchus contortus

Schneck Volker and Mirko Liesebach - Tree Improvement for Future Forests Under Climate Change

in Germany

Schroeder Hilke and Matthias Fladung - Poplar Clones Differ in Their Resistance against Insects

Feeding

Sehrawat Rashmi and K.P.Singh - Management of Poplar Defoliator Clostera cupreata through

Herbal Approach

Šēnhofa Silva, D. Lazdiņa, M. Zeps, K. Makovskis, I. Bebre and Ā. Jansons - Poplar Clones in

Latvia: Juvenile Growth and Fall Frost Damages

Uniyal Kartik, R.U. Khan, R.C. Dhiman and Y.P. Singh - Testing of Fungicidal Efficacy against

Alternaria Leaf Spot of Poplar

Uniyal Kartik, R.U. Khan, R.C. Dhiman and Y.P. Singh -RAPD Analysis of Alternaria alternata

Isolated from Populus deltoides

Wang Congpeng, Sha Liu, Ying Zhao, Yan Dong, Anke Geng, Xinli Xia and

Weilun Yin - PDEPF1 Regulates Water Use Efficiency and Drought Tolerance by Modulating Stomatal

Density in Poplar

Wang Guiying, Jinmao Wang, Haiyong Liang, Xiaojie Liu, Li Li and Minsheng Yang - Relations

Between Insect Resistance and Tree Age of Transgenic Triploid Populus tomentosa Plants

Xu Ye-ning, Tian Ye, Zhang Jia-yu and Tao Hui-ying - The Responses of Different Sources of Low-

Molecular-Weight Organic Carbon (LMWOC) on Soil Nitrogen (N) Transformation in Three

Plantations

Zeps Martins, Arnis Gailis, Silva Senhofa, Baiba Dzerina, Martins Purins,

and Aris Jansons - Sunscald Injuries in Hybrid Aspen (Populus tremuloides × P. tremula) Plantations

in Latvia

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4. WORKING PARTY ON SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS, LAND-USE,

PRODUCTS AND BIOENERGY (in alphabetical order by name)

Achinelli Fabio G., Guillermo Doffo, Pablo Etchevers and Virginia M. C. Lúquez - A Salix Spp.

Short-Rotation Coppice System in Buenos Aires, Argentina: Effects of Clonal Composition, Planting

Density and Drip Irrigation on Biomass Production

Addis Fentahun, Habtemariam Kassa, Surafel Melak and Berihun Tefera – Socioeconomic Impacts

of Smallholder Plantations in Amhara Region of Ethiopia: The Case of Lay Gayint and Fagta Locuma

Districts

Adeli Kamran, Javad Soosani and Samaneh Namdari - Using Stem Analysis Results for

Determination of the Economic Rotation Age of Pinus brutia in South Western Iran

Adeli Kamran, Saman Saeedi and Samaneh Namdari - Populus deltoides Financial Maturity (Case

Study: Kurdistan Province, Western Iran)

Aggangan Romulo T. - Woodfuels as Alternative Source of Energy in Rural and Urban Areas in The

Philippines

Aggangan Romulo T., Dwight A. Eusebio and Robert A. Natividad - Properties and Utilization of

Selected Fast-Growing Tree Plantation Species for Wood-Based Industries in The Philippines

Asadi F. and A. Khodakarimi - Hedgerow Intercropping of Populus alba and Alfalfa in West

Azarbayjan Province, Iran

Asadi F. and F. Nouri - Investigation of Growth Variations of Poplar (Populus nigra) Plantations in

Riverbanks of Kermanshah Province, Iran

Bangarwa, Kulvir S.- Production Potential and Impact of Wood Market Fluctuations on Plantation

Trend of Exotic Poplar (Populus deltoides) in India

Berdón Jose, Adrián J. Montero, Luis Royano, Ana Isabel Parralejo and Jerónimo González -

Study of Paulownia´s Timber and Biomass Production in Mérida (Badajoz), Southwestern Spain

Bergante Sara and Gianni Facciotto – Horizontal Planting of Poplars in SRC Trials: First Results with

Different Clones

Beuker Egbert, Anneli Viherä-Aarnio and Jari Hynynen - Growth Potential of First Generation

Hybrid Aspen Plantations in Southern Finland

Bodorowski E.D. - Contribution of Poplars and Willows for Rural Livelihoods and Sustainable

Development in Argentina

Bustamante J.A., E.M. da Silva, L. López and J. Llera - Biomass Production of the Populus x

canadensis ´Conti 12’ Clone, in Different Planting Densities

Calderón A.D., C. Rébora, J.A. Bustamante, F. Tacchini, S. Robledo, M. Ochoa, M. Tondi and O.

Araya - Alternative Models of Silvopastoral Systems in Poplar Forests for Irrigated Areas of Mendoza,

Argentina

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Casaubon Edgardo and Teresa Cerrillo - Establishment of Silvopastoral Systems in the Delta of the

Parana River: Rooted and Un-Rooted Pole Cuttings Willow as Propagating Material

Casaubon Edgardo, Teresa Cerrillo, Laura Gurini and Mauro Fernández - Proposed Management

for Willow Agrosilvopastoral Systems in The Delta of the Paraná River (Argentina)

Chyngozhoev N. - Poplars in the Kyrgyz Republic

Cortizo Silvia, María Silvana Monteverde and Nora Abbiati - New Clones Will Let Farmers Increase

Variability and Sustainability of Poplar Plantations in Argentina

Cortizo Silvia, María Silvana Monteverde, Mercedes Refot and Gabriel Keil - Variation of the

Physical and Mechanical Properties of Four New Poplar Clones Selected in Argentina

De Boever Lieven and Joris Van Acker - Poplar and Willow Wood as a Multi-Use, Local, Raw

Material for a Broad Spectrum of Green Construction Products Within the European Forestry Wood

Chain

Engelbrechten Hans-Georg von - How to Run a Biomass Group-Heating on SRC Basis

Facciotto Gianni, Sara Bergante and Giuseppe Nervo - Poplar Short-Rotation Coppice Grown in

Marginal Environments of Southern Italy

Facciotto Gianni and Sara Bergante – Biomass Production with Poplar and Willow in Alley Coppice

Systems in Piedmont (Italy)

Garnica P., Pedro Romero, Oscar Crespo and J. Garnica - Growth Patterns of Several Poplar Clones

for Plywood Production in Spain

Ghezehei Solomon B., Elizabeth Guthrie Nichols, Robert Bardon and Dennis W Hazel - Economic

Analysis Tool for SRWC-Based Feedstock Production in the Southeastern U.S.A.

Ghirardo Andrea, Karin Pritsch and Jörg-Peter Schnitzler - Post-Harvesting Emissions of CO2 and

Biogenic Hydrocarbons from Woodchips Produced by a Poplar Short-Rotation Coppice

Grau J.M., I. Cañellas and H. Sixto - Evolution and Perspectives of Poplar Cultivation in Spain in the

Last 100 Years

Gupta P.K. and Vikas Rana - Bio-Ethanol from Hemicelluloses Waste of Ligno-Cellulosic Biomass –

A Sustainable Future Bio-Refinery Prospect

Haque M.S. - How Poplar (Populus deltoides)-Based Agroforestry Transformed Weak Rural Economy

into Prosperous Green Economy in North India?

Hjelm Birger, Tord Johansson, Per-Ove Persson and Theo Verwijst - Fertilization Around Poplar

Stumps With Established Sprouts

Hjelm Birger, Tord Johansson, Per Ove Persson and TheoVerwijst - A Pilot Study of Poplar

Plantations Optimal Rotation Period and its Growth Dynamics Under Different Planting Densities

Jones Trevor and Ian McIvor - Diameter Growth and Wood Properties of New Zealand Poplar Clones

Karacic Almir, Anneli Adle, Mindaugas Silininkas and Audrius Gradeckas - Establishment of

Poplar Plantations in Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea Region

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Kumar Dinesh - Fast-Growing Tree Culture Outside Forest: Experiences from India

Kumar Gulshan Ahuja – The Journey of Poplar Cultivation under Agroforestry in India – Responding

to Drivers of Change

Kutsokon N., D. Rakhmetov, S. Rakhmetovaand N. Rashydov - Evaluation of Growth and

Bioenergetic Potential of Fast-Growing Trees (Populus and Salix) for Short-Rotation Plantation

Lazdina Dagnija, Toms Sarkanabols, Arta Bardule, Martins Zeps, Aris Jansons, Andis Bardulis

and Andis Lazdins - Case Study of Hybrid Aspen, Poplar and Willow Yields during Five-Year Rotation

Lenz Hannes, Ralf Pecenka and Christine Idler – Can Results from Analysis of Ash Contents Be

Used for Determination of Mass Losses During Storage of Wood Chips? A Comparison of Results from

9-Month Storage of Poplar

Limburg Annabell v., Falk Berster and Georg v.Wuehlisch - Poplar Wood in the Manufacture of

Prostheses

Lutter Reimo, Arvo Tullus, Tea Tullus and Hardi Tullus - Biomass Productivity and Mutual

Relations Between Tree Growth and Soil Nutrient Status in Short-Rotation Hybrid Aspen Plantations in

Hemiboreal Estonia

Marchal Rémy, Serge-Stephane Kouakou, Loïc Brancheriau and Kevin Candelier - Introducing

Trees into Cultivated Fields to Reduce the French Shortage of Poplar Wood: Agroforestry and Wood

Quality

Meyer Matthias, Alexander Solger, Kristin Morgenstern, Björn Günther, Gerd Helle, Kathrin

Gebauer, Alwin Janßen and Doris Krabel - Wood and Tree-Ring Anatomical Traits for Phenotyping

Poplar Cultivars

Mosquera-Losada M.R., O. Crespo, F.Balaguer, F. Liagre, P. Paris, G. Facciotto and C. Dupraz -

Poplar in Southern European Agroforestry

Otero J.M., J. Salvia, J.J. Hernandez, E. Monedero; A.Pazo; P. Chueca, E. Molto; F. Caballero,

J.M. Grau, I. Cañellas and H. Sixto - Growing Poplar Biomass in Short Rotation: Lignocrop Project

Paulrajan Dinesh Babu – Poplar as a Raw Material for Match Stick Manufacturing Industries in India

Pecenka Ralf, Hannes Lenz and Christine Idler - Efficient Harvest and Storage of Wood Chips from

Poplar in Practice

Pecenka Ralf, Hannes Lenz and Christine Idler - Optimum Storage Techniques for Poplar Wood from

Short Rotation – A Comparison of Whole Tree and Wood Chip Storage

Peñuelas J.L., B. González-González , M.M. Sanchez, I. Gonzalez, J.L. Nicolas, I. Cañellas and H.

Sixto - Evaluation of Poplar Genotypes Under Mediterranean Conditions: Growth and Water Use

Efficiency in the First Vegetative Period

Rebola-Lichtenberg Jessica and Christian Ammer - Biomass Production in an Improved Sustainable

Mixed Short-Rotation Woody Cropping of Populus-Hybrids and Robinia pseudoacacia

Reinhardt S., E. Pindel, S. Böringer, D. Schmiedl and R. Schweppe – Optimization of Lignin

Extraction from Populus balsamifera Using Design of Experiments (DOE)

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Rohde Viktoria, Sarah Böringer, Nicolaus Dahmen, Beatrice Tübke and Detlef Schmiedl - Acid-

Catalyzed Organosolv Processing of Short-Rotation Coppice “Poplar With Bark” - A Parametric Study

on Yield and Structure of Sulfur-Free Lignin

Rytter Lars and Rose-Marie Rytter - Grey Alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench.) – A Complement to

Other Fast-Growing Tree Species in Northern Europe

Sabatti M., A. Paoletti , G. Martometti, L. Tosi, A. Battistelli, S. Proietti, M. Tarchi, G. Scarascia

Mugnozza and P. Paris - New Poplar Genotypes for Short-Rotation Biomass Plantations in the

Mediterranean Environment: Productivity and Quality of Biomass for Biorefinery

Sadeghzadeh Hallaj Mohammad Hosein, Davood Azadfar and Rasoul Mirakhorli - Three-Year

Survey on Growth Performance of Various Salt Cedar Populations on Saline-Alkaline Soils of Iran

Central Desert

Saulino Luigi, Francesco Cona, Maurizio Teobaldelli, Alberto Battistelli, Stefano Moscatello,

Simona Proietti and Antonio Saracino - Feedstock for Energy and Biochemical Compounds in Bio-

Based Industry from Short-Rotation Coppices in Southern Italy

Schirmer Randolf and Daniel Glas - Development of Poplar Clones for SRC in an EU-Wide Trial

Schmiedl D., E. Pindel, S. Reinhardt, S. Böringer and B. Tübke - Base Catalyzed Depolymerization

of Organosolv-Lignin from Populus balsamifera – Effect on Yield and Structural Features of Cleavage

Products

Sharma S.K. - Poplar Plantation- A Boon to Rural Livelihoods and Ecological Restoration in North

India

Sirohi Chhavi and K.S. Bangarwa - Performance of Various Wheat Varieties and Soil Fertility Under

Different Spacings of Poplar-Based Agroforestry System in Northern India

Sperandio Giulio, Stefano Verani, Massimo Tarchi, Giovanni Di Matteo, Luca Tosi and Pierluigi

Paris - Subsurface Drip Irrigation in Poplar Bioenergy Systems: Biomass Production and Economic

Evaluation in Mediterranean Climate

Sridhar K.B., Yadav Harsharn, A.R. Uthappa, S.B. Chavan, Mahendra Singh,

R.P. Dwivedi, Dev Inder, S. Vimaladevi, R.K Tewari and O.P. Chaturvedi - Farm Woodlots of

Poplar and Other Fast-Growing Industrial Trees in Smallholder Farms of Bundelkhand Region of

Central India

Srivastav Anubha, Anita Tomar, V.P. Pandey and S. D. Shukla - Bamboo-Based Agroforestry in

Vindhyan Region of India

Stiehm Christoph, Martin Hofmann and Alwin Janßen - Results From Six Years of the Joint

Research Project Proloc – Clone-Site Interaction and Yield Dynamics after Two Rotation Cycles

Sverrisson Halldór and Thorbergur H. Jónsson - The History of Black Cottonwood in Iceland

Tomar Anita, Kumud Dubey and Anubha Srivastava – Seed Traits of Money Spinning Agroforestry

Tree – Melia dubia

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Tomar Anita, Anubha Srivastava, M.K. Shukla and Dinesh Kumar - Suitability of Populus

deltoides Clones for the Indo Gangetic Plain Region

Tsarev Anatoly P. - Resource Potential of Aspen in Russia

Tsvetkov Ivaylo, Hristina Hristova, Emil Popov and Tatiana Stankova - Assesment of Biomass

Productivity by Studying Some Factorial Effects on Early Growth of Poplar (Populus spp.) Clones

Valbuena-Castro J., N. Oliveira, R. Rodríguez-Soalleiro, H. Sixto and I. Cañellas - Assessment of

Biomass Productivity and Effect of Planting Density in a Short-Rotation Coppice Poplar Plantation in

the North of Spain

Valbuena-Castro J., N. Oliveira,, I. Cañellas, H. Sixto, and R. Rodríguez-Soalleiro -Biomass

Estimation Models and Allometry Changes in a Short-Rotation Coppice Poplar Plantation in the North

of Spain

Welc Monika, T. Verwijst and N.E. Nordh - Influence of Two Contrasting Planting Systems and

Weeding Regimes on Willow Performance Under Field Conditions

5. WORKING PARTY ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND

ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (in alphabetical order by name)

Aggangan N.S., S.H. Han, Y.I. Choi and E.W. Noh - Effects of Heavy Metals and Mycorrhizal Fungi on

Growth and Nutrient Status of Populus alba x P. glandulosa

Chiarabaglio Pier Mario and Achille Giorcelli - Restoration of River Banks with Populus alba L.: A

Case Study in Italy

Förster Achim - The Unexpected Increase of Wild Populus nigra L. in Berlin and Brandenburg

Grote Rüdiger, Janine Schweier, Eugenio Diaz-Pines, Edwin Haas, Saul Molina-Herrera, Klaus

Butterbach-Bahl and Jörg-Peter Schnitzler - Quantifying Environmental Impacts of Poplar Short-

Rotation-Coppice on Marginal Land – Summary Results from the Probiopa Experiment

Hoeber Stefanie, Martin Weih, Stefano Manzoni and Petra Fransson - Two Salix Genotypes Differ in

Their Productivity When Grown in Monoculture and Mixture

Jennemann Leena, Pascal Kinast, Wolfgang Peters and Imke Hennemann-Kreikenbohm - Short-

Rotation Coppice (SRC) – Planned and Cultivated in a More Naturally Compatible Way

Krygier Richard and Martin Blank - Selection and Use of Native Willow Clones for Reclamation in

Forest Ecosystems Impacted by Elevated Salt Levels

Liu Chao, Hailong An, Huihong Guo, Xinli Xia and Weilun Yin - Characterization of PM2.5–Bound

Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and its Absorption by Populus tomentosa Leaves in Three Places of

Beijing

McIvor Ian, Kerry Clarke and Grant Douglas - The Effectiveness of Poplar and Willow Trees in

Reducing Erosion on Pastoral Slopes in New Zealand

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Mirck J., M. Kanzler, Christian Boehm and Dirk Freese - Poplar and Black Locust Yields from Short-

Rotation Coppice Hedgerows in an Alley Cropping System

Nosetti M.J. and L. Renzi - Reuse of Municipal Wastewater for Generating Timber Species in San Juan,

Argentina

Pilipović Andrej, Saša Orlović, Srđan Rončević, Nataša Nikolić, Marina Katanić, Danijela Arsenov

and Jelena Spasojević - Phytoremediation of River Sediments with the Use of Poplars and Willows

Richard Benjamin, Aiming Qi and Goetz M Richter - Process-Based Modelling to Select Optimal

Regional Phenotypes for SRC Willow to Maximize Resource Use Efficiency

Rytter Rose-Marie, Lars Rytter and Lars Högbo - Early Climatic Benefits of Salicaceae Plantations on

Abandoned Arable Land

Salehi A., M. Kalagari, R. Baghery and R. Ghasemi - Study on Growth Parameters of Poplar Trees

Irrigated with Municipal Wastewater in South of Tehran,-Iran

Salehi Azadeh, Masoud Tabari Kouchaksaraei, Ebrahim Mohammadi Goltapeh and Anoushirvan

Shirvani - Lead Tolerance of Populus alba and Populus nigra Clones Inoculated with Arbuscular

Mycorrhizal Fungi in Relation to Physiological Parameters

Schweier Janine, Saúl Molina-Herrera, Andrea Ghirardo, Rüdiger Grote, Eugenio Díaz-Pinés, Edwin

Haas, Jürgen Kreuzwieser, Klaus Butterbach-Bahl, Heinz Rennenberg, Jörg-Peter Schnitzler and

Gero Becker - Full LCA of Poplar SRC Considering Environmental Impacts on a Marginal Site in

Southwest Germany

Sebastiani Luca - Poplar for Environmental Restoration: Physiological and Molecular Approaches for

Heavy Metal and Organic Molecules

Tabari Kouchaksaraei M., A. S. Emami, N. Bahramifar and A. Salehi - Study of Physiological

Responses of Two Poplar Clones (Populus euramericana 561.41 and P. nigra 63.135) to Pb Contaminated

Soils

Tabari Masoud, Azemat Hosseni and Seyed Ehsan Sadati - Response of Flooded Weeping Willow

Seedlings to Zinc Heavy Metal

Thomas B.R. and D.P. Kamelchuk - Using Native Balsam Poplar (Poplar balsamifera) for Reclamation in

the Oil Sands Region of North-Eastern Alberta, Canada

Thomas Esteban, Francisco Pili, Eduardo Pili and Teresa Cerrillo - Willow Afforestation for Quarry

Rehabilitation in Rio Negro Valley, Argentina

Tucat Clelia, Sergio Romagnoli, Esteban Thomas and Teresa Cerrillo - Use of Treated Wastewater in

Forest Plantations in North Patagonia, Argentina

Zalesny Jr. Ronald S., Amir Hass and Dharmesh Patel - Establishment of Hybrid Poplar for Surface

Mine Reclamation in the Southern Coalfield of West Virginia, USA

Zalesny Jr Ronald S., Joel G. Burken, Richard A. Hallett andAdam H. Wiese - Mitigating Nonpoint

Source Pollution Impacts on Nearshore Health in the Great Lakes Basin, USA

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ANNEX V - National Reports



NATIONAL REPORTS

National reports on activities related to poplar and willow cultivation, exploitation and utilization

2012–2015 were received from 24 countries (three of which being observer countries), as follows:

Argentina Republic of Korea

Belgium Republic of Moldova*

Bulgaria New Zealand

Canada Romania

Chile Russian Federation*

China Serbia*

Croatia Slovenia (Republic of)

France Spain

Germany Sweden

India Tunisia

Iran (Islamic Republic of) Turkey

Italy United States of America

* Moldova, the Russian Federation and Serbia are not a member of the IPC.

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ANNEX VI – Draft Amendments to the IPC Convention

International Poplar

Commission

Draft Amendments to the IPC-Convention

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Draft Amendments to the IPC Convention

Deletions are indicated using strikethrough text and insertions are indicated using underlined italics; both are

yellow-coded

Convention Placing the International Poplar Commission Within the Framework of FAO

Convention on the International Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People

and the Environment

Article I - Status

The International Poplar Commission on Poplars and Other Fast-Growing Trees Sustaining People and the

Environment (hereinafter referred to as "the Commission"), shall be which is placed within the framework of the

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (hereinafter referred to as "the Organization"), and the

present Convention whose object is to achieve that purpose shall be governed by the provisions of Article XIV

of the Constitution of the Organization and by the present Convention.

Article II - Membership

1. Member Nations of the Commission shall be such Member Nations or Associate Members of the Organization

as accept this Convention in accordance with the provisions of Article XIII of this Convention.

2. The Commission may, by a two-thirds majority of its membership, admit to membership such other States that

are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the International Atomic Energy Agency

as have submitted an application for membership and a declaration made in a formal instrument that they accept

this Convention as in force at the time of admission.

3. Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization that are not Members of the Commission may,

upon request, be represented as observers at sessions of the Commission. Non-member States of the

Organization that are Members of the United Nations, any of its Specialized Agencies or the International

Atomic Energy Agency may, upon request, be represented as observers at sessions of the Commission, subject to

the provisions relating to the granting of observer status to Nations adopted by the Conference of the

Organization.

Article III - Functions

The functions of the Commission shall be:

a) to study and engage on the scientific, technical, social and economic aspects of poplar and willow

cultivation scientific, technical, social, economic and environmental aspects of Populus and other fast-

growing trees. In addition to the Commission’s work on the genus Populus, the Commission’s

subgroups may work on other genera such as Acacia, Pinus, Salix and Tectona. Priorities of the

Commission’s work are forest resources production, protection, conservation and utilization, with a

view to sustaining livelihoods, land uses, rural development and the environment. This work includes

food security issues, climate change and carbon sinks, biodiversity conservation and resilience against

biotic and abiotic threats, and combating deforestation.

b) to promote the exchange of ideas sustainable management practices, knowledge, technology, and

material, on mutually agreed terms, between researchers, developers, producers and users;

c) to arrange joint research programs;

d) to stimulate the organization of congress combined with study tours;

e) to report and make recommendations to the Conference of the Organization, through the Director-

General of the Organization; and

f) to make recommendations to the National Poplar Commissions or other national bodies provided for in

Article IV of this Convention, through the Director-General of the Organization and the governments

concerned.

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Article IV - Establishment of National Poplar Commissions

Each Contracting Nation shall make provision as soon as possible and to the best of its ability, either for the

establishment of a National Poplar Commission dealing with poplars and other fast-growing trees, or, if not

possible, for the designation of some other suitable national body, and shall transmit a description of the

competence and scope of the National Commission or other body and of any changes thereto, to the Director-

General of the Organization who shall circulate this information to the other Member Nations of the

Commission. Each Contracting Nation shall communicate to the Director-General the publications of its

National Commission or other body.

Article V - Seat of the Commission

The seat of the Commission shall be in Rome at the Headquarters of the Organization.

Article VI - Sessions

1. Each Member Nation of the Commission shall be represented at sessions of the Commission by a single

delegate who may be accompanied by an alternate and by experts and advisers. Alternates, experts and advisers

may take part in the proceedings of the Commission but not vote, except in the case of an alternate who is duly

authorized to substitute for the delegate. Each Member Nation of the Commission shall have one vote. Decisions

of the Commission shall be taken by a majority of the votes cast except as otherwise provided in this

Convention. A majority of the Member Nations of the Commission shall constitute a quorum.

2. The Director-General of the Organization, in consultation with the Chairmanperson of the Executive

Committee of the Commission, shall convene a regular session of the Commission once every four years.

Special sessions of the Commission may be convened by the Director-General in consultation with the

Chairmanperson of the Executive Committee, or if requested by the Commission, or by at least one-third of the

Member Nations of the Commission.

3. The sessions of the Commission shall be held at the place determined by the Commission within the territories

of its Member Nations or at the seat of the Commission.

4. The Commission shall elect, at the beginning of each session, from amongst the delegates, a Chairmanperson

and two Vice-Chairmenpersons.

5. There shall be a General Committee of the session consisting of the Chairman and the two Vice-Chairmen of

the session and the Chairman and the Vice-Chairmen of the Executive Committee. Recommendations of the

Commission should be given due consideration by the National Commissions and other national bodies provided

for in Article IV of this Convention.

Article VII - Executive Committee

1. There shall be an Executive Committee of the Commission consisting of 12 members and up to 5 co-opted

members.

2. Twelve members of the Executive Committee shall be elected by the Commission from among individuals

nominated by Member Nations of the Commission upon the suggestion of their respective National Poplar

Commissions or other national bodies provided for in Article IV of this Convention. Members of the Executive

Committee shall be appointed in their personal capacity because of their special competence, and shall serve for

a period of four years. Members of the Executive Committee shall be eligible for re-election.

3. The Executive Committee may, in order to ensure the co-operation of the necessary specialists, co-opt one to

five additional members under the same conditions as are provided for in paragraph 2 above. The term of office

of the additional members shall expire with the term of the elected members.

4. The Executive Committee shall, between sessions of the Commission, act on behalf of the Commission as its

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executive organ. The Executive Committee shall in particular make proposals to the Commission regarding the

general orientation and the program of work of the Commission, study technical questions and implement the

program as approved by the Commission.

5. The Executive Committee shall elect from amongst its members a Chairmanperson and a Vice-

Chairmanperson.

6. Sessions of the Executive Committee may be convened as often as necessary by the Director-General of the

Organization in consultation with its Chairmanperson. The Committee shall meet in connection with each

regular session of the Commission. It shall also meet at least once between two regular sessions of the

Commission.

7. The Executive Committee shall report to the Commission.

Article VIII - Secretary

A Secretary of the Commission shall be appointed by the Director-General of the Organization from amongst the

senior staff of the Organization and shall be responsible to the Director-General. The Secretary shall perform

such duties as the work of the Commission may require.

Article IX - Subsidiary Bodies

1. The Commission, may, if necessary, establish sub-commissions, committees or working parties, subject to the

availability of the necessary funds in the relevant chapter of the approved budget of the Organization. Sessions

of such sub-commissions, committees or working parties shall be convened by the Director-General of the

Organization in consultation with the Chairmanperson of such body.

2. Membership in subsidiary bodies shall be open to all Member Nations of the Commission, or shall consist of

selected Member Nations of the Commission, or of individuals appointed in their personal capacity, as

determined by the Commission.

Article X - Expenses

1. Expenses incurred by delegates of Member Nations of the Commission and of their alternates and advisers,

when attending sessions of the Commission, or subsidiary bodies, as well as the expenses incurred by observers,

shall be borne by the respective governments or organizations.

2. Expenses of all the members of the Executive Committee when attending sessions of the Executive

Committee shall be borne by the countries of which they are nationals.

3. Expenses incurred by individuals invited in their personal capacity to attend sessions or participate in the work

of the Commission or its subsidiary bodies shall be borne by such individuals except when they have been

requested to perform a specific task on behalf of the Commissions or its subsidiary bodies.

4. The expenses of the Secretariat shall be borne by the Organization.

5. When the Commission or Executive Committee hold sessions elsewhere than at the seat of the Commission,

all additional expenses related to such sessions shall be borne by the host government. The expenses for

publications relating to sessions of the Commission other than the report of such sessions, of the Executive

Committee and subsidiary bodies shall be borne by the host government.

6. The Commission may accept voluntary contributions generally or in connection with specific projects or

activities of the Commission. Such contributions shall be paid into a Trust Fund to be established by the

Organization. The acceptance of such voluntary contributions and the administration of the Trust Fund shall be

in accordance with the Financial Regulations of the Organization.

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Article XI - Rules of Procedure

The Commission may, by a majority of two-thirds of its membership, adopt and amend its own rules of

procedure, which shall be consistent with the General Rules of the Organization. The Rules of the Commission

and any amendment thereto shall come into force upon approval by the Director-General of the Organization,

and from the date of such approval.

Article XII - Amendments

1. This Convention may be amended by the Commission by a two-thirds majority of the membership of the

Commission.

2. Proposals for amendments may be made by any Member Nation of the Commission in a communication

addressed to the Director-General of the Organization not later than 120 days before the session at which the

proposal is to be considered. The Director-General shall immediately inform all Member Nations of the

Commission of all proposals for amendment.

3. Amendments shall become effective only with the concurrence of the Conference of the Organization and as

from the date of such concurrence. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all Member Nations of

the Commission, all Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization and the Secretary-General of

the United Nations of such amendments.

4. Amendments involving new obligations for Member Nations of the Commission shall come into force in

respect of each Member Nation only upon acceptance of amendments involving new obligations shall be

deposited with the Director-General of the Organization. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform

all Member Nations of the Commission, all Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization and

the Secretary-General of the United Nations of such acceptance. The rights and obligations of any Member

Nation of the Commission that has not accepted an amendment involving additional obligations shall continue to

be governed by the provisions of the Convention in force prior to the amendment.

Article XIII - Acceptance

1. Acceptance of this Convention by any Member Nation or Associate Member of the Organization shall be

effected by the deposit of an instrument of acceptance with the Director-General of the Organization and shall

take effect on receipt of such notification by the Director-General.

2. Acceptance of this Convention by Non-Member Nations of the Organization shall become effective on the

date on which the Commission approves the application for membership in conformity with the provisions of

Article II of this Convention.

3. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all Member Nations of the Commission, all Member

Nations and Associate Members of the Organization and the Secretary-General of the United Nations of all

acceptances that have become effective.

4. Acceptance of this Convention may be made subject to reservations, which shall become operative only upon

unanimous concurrence by the Member Nations of the Commission. The Director-General of the Organization

shall notify forthwith all Member Nations of the Commission of any reservations. Members of the Commission

not having replied within three months from the date of the notification shall be deemed to have accepted the

reservation.

Article XIV - Territorial Application

Member Nations of the Commission shall, when accepting this Convention, state explicitly to which territories

their participation shall extend. In the absence of such a declaration, participation shall be deemed to apply to all

the territories for the international relations of which the Member Nation of the Commission is responsible.

Subject to the provisions of Article XVI, paragraph 2 below, the scope of the territorial application may be

modified by a subsequent declaration.

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Article XV - Interpretation and Settlement of Disputes

Any dispute regarding the interpretation or application of this Convention, if not settled by the Commission,

shall be referred to a committee composed of one member appointed by each of the parties to the dispute, and in

addition an independent chairmanperson chosen by the members of the committee. The recommendations of

such a committee, while not binding in character, shall become the basis for renewed consideration by the parties

concerned of the matter out of which the disagreement arose. If as the result of this procedure the dispute is not

settled, it shall be referred to the International Court of Justice in accordance with the Statute of the Court, unless

the parties to the dispute agree to another method of settlement.

Article XVI - Withdrawal

1. Any Member Nation of the Commission may give notice of withdrawal from the Commission at any time

after the expiry of one year from the date of its acceptance of this Convention. Such notice of withdrawal shall

take effect six months after the date of its receipt by the Director-General of the Organization, who shall inform

all Member Nations of the Commission, all Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization and

the Secretary-General of the United Nations of such receipt.

2. A Member Nation of the Commission that is responsible for the international relations of more than one

territory shall, giving notice of its own withdrawal from the Commission, state to which territory or territories

the withdrawal is to apply. In the absence of such a declaration, the withdrawal shall be deemed to apply to all

the territories for the international relations of which the Member Nation of the Commission is responsible. A

Member Nation of the Commission may give notice of withdrawal with respect to one or more of the territories

for the international relations of which it is responsible. Any Member Nation of the Commission that gives

notice of withdrawal from the Organization shall be deemed to have simultaneously withdrawn from the

Commission, and this withdrawal shall be deemed to apply to all the territories for the international relations of

which the Nation concerned is responsible, with the exception of Associate Members.

Article XVII - Termination

This Convention shall be considered terminated if and when the number of Member Nations of the Commission

falls below 6 unless the remaining Member Nations of the Commission unanimously decide otherwise, subject to

the approval of the Conference of the Organization. The Director-General of the Organization shall inform all

Member Nations of the Commission, all Member Nations and Associate Members of the Organization and the

Secretary-General of the United Nations of such termination.

Article XVIII - Entry into force

1. This Convention shall enter into force as soon as twelve Member Nations or Associate Members of the

Organization have become parties to it by the deposit of an instrument of acceptance in accordance with the

provisions of Article XIII, paragraph 1 of this Convention.

2. With respect to such Nations as are already Members of the Commission and who become parties to the

present Convention, the provisions of this Convention shall replace the provisions of the Statutes of the

International Poplar Commission adopted at the second session of the Commission held on 20 to 28 April 1948

in Italy.

Article XIX - Authentic Languages

The English, French and Spanish texts of this Convention shall be equally authentic.

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ANNEX VII - Evaluation Results



EVALUATION RESULTS

1 How would you rate the planning, announcements, pre-registration and access to information

prior to the 25th Session?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.8 9 10

Poor Excellent

Suggestions for improvement in the future

IPC should be more pro-active in distributing information.

Programme details should come earlier and posted before the session.

Unify Host and IPC websites – information did not coincide. Better to have only one updated website.

Information about selection for oral and poster presentations came late.

PPT presentations should be sent to the Secretariat before the session.

2 How would you rate the programme and structure of the 25th Session?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.6 9 10

Poor Excellent


Very good plenary sessions. Perfect location.

Less concurrent sessions with similar topics (four should be enough). Some similar topics were

overlapping. Planning to attend sessions almost impossible.

Schedule of concurrent sessions should be more concentrated with a more rigorous selection of

presentations.

More equal distribution of plenary speakers with regard to gender, age, position.

Better announce sessions which are held in other buildings. In general, better logistic information.

3 How would you rate the Poster presentation arrangements at the 25th Session?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7.6 8 9 10

Poor Excellent


Poster session should be planned earlier during the meeting.

Posters should be organized according to Working Groups and more formally structured, for example

by topics.

Posters should be regrouped in the same room even if having them outside was a good idea.

Arrange for poster authors to be present during the poster session so that additional information can be

obtained.

Need to announce poster session in advance.

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4 How would you rate the administrative and logistical support by the HOST Secretariat at the

25th Session? (registration, IT support, help services etc.)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.0 10

Poor Excellent


The host support was very effective, professional, friendly, welcoming.

Confirmation should be sent when presentations, CVs, etc. are received, otherwise it becomes

confusing.

One central point for uploading presentations would have been better.

5 How would you rate the administrative and logistical support by the FAO Secretariat?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.3 10

Poor Excellent


FAO Secretariat is as always helpful and very efficient.

6 How would you rate the technical inputs prepared by FAO to the 25th Session (Book of Abstracts,

Synthesis of Country Reports, Working Papers, Programme, Website)?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8.9 10

Poor Excellent


Quite a lot of participants did not realise that these documents had been distributed and copied on the

USB key. Perhaps a loss of communication?

Country reporting should be improved.

Would be better to have a printed version of the Book of Abstracts (if funds available).

A list of posters should be provided.

Would be interesting to get presentations (PDF or PPT).

7 How would you rate the performance of the interpretation services?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.8 9 10

Poor Excellent


No improvements needed.

Many participants did not use this service.

8 How would you rate the conference facilities and services?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9.1 10

Poor Excellent


Conference Centre located too far away from the city centre but very pleasant. Difficult for spouses.

Meeting rooms did not always fit to talks and audience (too big for small audience).

Some rooms were too hot and lacked air ventilation.

Room in Adlershof Forum had a very bad acoustics.

Good facilities anyway.

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9 How would you rate the hotel accommodation, meals and services?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.8 9 10

Poor Excellent


Excellent hotel accommodation, location very convenient. No Internet in some hotels.

Meals at the Conference site were excellent.

10 Any other comments to improve IPC Sessions in the future?

Increase information on the IPC, its Executive Committee and Working Groups.

Papers on international scientific journals are key issues for scientists. IPC could be a good opportunity

for preparing review papers, etc.

CVs of speakers are requested before the session but in fact they are not introduced accordingly. Would

be good to do it in future. Also lift women’s contributions in Plenary.

Less presentations and more discussion.

Give more exposure to posters.

It would be better to have only one field trip after the session, which would regroup all participants and

would be better for social interaction.

It would be a good idea to accommodate a field trip in the middle of the session in order to clear minds

and have more discussion in nature.

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